Since I do not fast draw on a regular basis, I never gave the draw time any thought really. I have both leather and kydex holsters, and each is used for various duties as called for that day. I will say that over time, the leather holster will absorb sweat, moisture and subsequent dirt particles, and this will cause more wear to the gun then the Kydex. But since my range holsters are mostly Kydex, and this is where the gun is drawn from a holster the most, I cannot say which would be faster. My IWB holsters are Kydex hybrids, so that the gun can be drawn easily and returned to the holster easily. I will say that in the Fast Draw cowboy comps, they use holsters which are leather hybrids now that incorporate kydex in some of them.