1939 Police Holster

lugerholsterrepair · 04-01-2003, 12:17 PM

G.W. Thanks for explaining your experiences. I am in no way confrontational. I simply like to get peoples ideas about what has happned to them for reference to what I do and use. Leather is a difficult material and I am sure it can react just as you say although it has never done it to me. I pretty much only deal with German Luger or other German holsters from pre 1945. Perhaps Civil war leather was tanned a little differently or as JohnF indicated Saddle soap has changed it's formula. Hard to tell really. I just use it sparingly with little to no water. As with all things leather it is better to err on the side of caution. Thanks for the interesting thread...Jerry Burney

04-01-2003, 12:17 PM	#11
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,994 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	G.W. Thanks for explaining your experiences. I am in no way confrontational. I simply like to get peoples ideas about what has happned to them for reference to what I do and use. Leather is a difficult material and I am sure it can react just as you say although it has never done it to me. I pretty much only deal with German Luger or other German holsters from pre 1945. Perhaps Civil war leather was tanned a little differently or as JohnF indicated Saddle soap has changed it's formula. Hard to tell really. I just use it sparingly with little to no water. As with all things leather it is better to err on the side of caution. Thanks for the interesting thread...Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."