[Johnny Peppers]

Take a look at the holster on page 29 of Kenyon's Multi-National book. A friend owns a Luger rig identical to the one pictured only my friend's has the matching numbered stock. The rig my friend now owns had been in a bank safety deposit box since 1970, and the holster was turning to dust, just as the holster pictured in the book. My friend kept the holster wrapped in a towel in his gunsafe, and each time the towel was unwrapped, more of the holster had turned loose on the towel. Something had to be done, and the holster was treated with Pecards. The holster is no longer shedding leather, and whether he shortened it's life we will never know but at least it can now be displayed with the pistol and stock without disintergrating before his eyes. This was possibly a bad batch of leather or as the text indicates may have gone to South America, as the holsters appear to be in the same state of decay. The holster pictured also appears to have had something applied to stop the disintergration of the leather. A blanket statement that nothing should be done does not fit every holster. The holsters are probably among the rarest Luger holsters ever made, and to simply have done nothing considering what was happening to my friend's holster was not an option.