I Killed My Prior Nikon Of More Than Five Years~
 

Good thing Debby got the idiot warranty~ Here are the first test photos taken with my new Nikon Coolpix. I have posted these prettys before but never so sweet and sharp!!

That's not a Canon, that is a Nikon. ;)

They have more on ebay!

Thank You Don!! I get mixed up with names!

One of you is on crack...But which one??? :confused:

Snooze, you miss out.
Eric deleted the picture of his broken Nikon, and added some luger pictures!

Why? I'm not sure.:eek:

He put the thread here in the holster forum...How about some information about the holster??? :)

Who made it, what stamp does it have, is it original or a repro (almost certainly!), any story behind it???

The holster is for a "Test Eagle Luger", it's authenticity has been questioned on Jan Stills' forum.
Norm

That looks like Eric's test eagle with it's proper test eagle holster?

Very nice... A very beautiful fitted case as well...

This luger and holster have been posted by Eric before(surprise).
IIRC, the holster is a reproduction; though not all agreed.

I did Search at Still's; got 135 hits for "holster + cirelaw". Many had not been answered at all, so I guess the Still's crowd is getting blase about this holster... :rolleyes:

I recall in years past that El Paso Saddlery made clones of the 'Test Luger' holster. Nice looking ones. Also clones of the US 1911 holster, in several styles.

Edit: They still do! :thumbup:

https://epsaddlery.com/product-categ...ry/#quick-view

https://epsaddlery.com/wp-content/up...00-600x600.jpg

I should go out and rent "The Wild Bunch". I haven't watched that in years...decades...Lotsa blood splatter... :thumbup:

Note that the above repro test holster is for right hand carry. ,Original test holsters were left but worn on the right. I have one of these repros. They are very well made. I am sure El Paso makes both left and right. I believe that early in there production they even added the initials etc.at least they had no manufacturers mark. The wider spacing on the back stitching gives them away. El Paso was not trying to defraud just make a very close repro. Unfortunately easily made into a correct looking test holster. Later they added there name. Bill

IIRC, Eric's holster suffered some water damage, which would give it some more apparent "age"!

My new camera arrived,I take some fine photographs including the inside wear. Please let me know what specific you want! I recently hosted had a member Dick Herman inspected my lugers and this very holster in his hands!! Dick can verify its authenticity!

Bill with all do respect, have you ever or inspected an agreed upon legit, one that we can compare? I will submit/ mail mine to any agreed upon expert!

Eric
Yes I have looked at a couple. I have also looked at many in books and online. All the original ones have the 32 line stitching on the back. I really don't care one way or the other but this is a forum for people to look, question and learn. Passing off questionable merchandise does not help anyone. Sometimes we just need to bit the bullet. We have all been there. You have an excellent luger collection. We have all made purchase mistakes. We just need to live with our errors . Regards. Bill

Thank You Bill! I will leave is alone! There were a thousand made in just a few months!!

Eric -

The El Paso clone is only $130. If you paid much more then it might be an idea to get the El Paso clone for showing off to ice-cream eating 10-year-olds at gun shows and keep the Real Deal in your safe. :thumbup:

Bill is right about the orientation; they offer left or right, black or 'russet', any US embossing [US, USAF, USMC, USN] even though there may not have been such a service before WW 1... :rolleyes:

I had the pleasure of examining this US Test Luger Holster this past January. I do not claim to be an expert on this rare model of holster. However I have seen a few examples both repros and a couple of originals. I also collect early 1900 US russet holsters for the appropriate US pistols.
If I remember correctly your US Test Luger Holster has a pleasant uniform darker brown glow that US russet holsters achieve with time. The brass washers, rivets and over flap post have some green verdigris formed from reaction with leather treatment chemicals. The over flap has the large well formed Oval with US in the center. The back of the flap has the Rock Island/Arsenal/EHS. The lower tap of the over flap did not have any stamped marking.
I believe that the missing mark would be an inspector’s initials. In the literature and online I have observed different variations of inspector’s marks. There can be numerous assumptions of why the inspector’s mark is not there.
In my opinion, I believe that Eric has a legitimate US Test Luger Holster from the 1902 period. I would be proud to have this rare holster in my collection.

"Rep Ipsa Loquiter " The evidence proves the
the truth!

Here is a legit holster!http://www.landofborchardt.com/holsters.html#american