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Originally Posted by Angus Magnus
Was this some sort of efficiency or cost saving measure that didn't work as well as expected?
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When I was in Germany I made the typical Yank tourist mistake of ordering a 'hamburger'...And that is what I got. What I
wanted was a 'beefburger', and there is a big difference.
When I asked about this I was told that beef [cattle] were not as common as in America, so ham [from hogs] was more common. So jackets, purses, shoes, etc were more commonly made from pigskin than cowhide.
I would assume this also applied to holsters.
The Bundeswehr Luftwaffe flight jacket I brought back was pigskin as well. Dyed gray.
