Need help military G date luger

[drbuster]

The conventional wisdom has been that "K" date holsters (1934) were "overproduced" leaving less need to make 1935 dated ones (of course there is no documentation of this, only observation). My experience over the years has been like Bill Lyon's, that is 1935 dated police holsters are fairly easy to come by but 1935 dated military ones are in the "hens teeth" range. I believe Jerry Burney (Lugerholsterrepair) has observed this as well.

[guns3545]

Originally Posted by drbuster

The conventional wisdom has been that "K" date holsters (1934) were "overproduced" leaving less need to make 1935 dated ones (of course there is no documentation of this, only observation). My experience over the years has been like Bill Lyon's, that is 1935 dated police holsters are fairly easy to come by but 1935 dated military ones are in the "hens teeth" range. I believe Jerry Burney (Lugerholsterrepair) has observed this as well.

Doc,

Same here; 1934 and 1936 reasonable supply. 1935 Military, keep looking.

Parenthetically, an early G-date rig with papers, I got from a vet many years ago had a 1934 holster. One data point.

Also found that virtually all 1935 holsters that I've observed were Otto Sindel.

John

[lew1]

Originally Posted by guns3545

Doc,

Same here; 1934 and 1936 reasonable supply. 1935 Military, keep looking.

Parenthetically, an early G-date rig with papers, I got from a vet many years ago had a 1934 holster. One data point.

Also found that virtually all 1935 holsters that I've observed were Otto Sindel.

John

Also 1935 dated military holsters were made by:

Carl Heinchen - DE/WaA142
Auwaerter & Bubech-DE/WaA101


In fact the majority of the ones I have were made by Heinchen, The second most made ones were made by Auwaerter and I have only one made by Sindel.

I would say that the Auwaerter ones were left over holsters from 1934.