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lugerholsterrepair · 05-01-2016, 03:09 PM

John, I am not comfortable with any of the examples you show for a handful of reasons. Take a look at the closure stud, underneath where it is supposed to be mushroomed onto the washer. On both the Legacy holster and the eBay they are very poorly done. A good portion of the metal shaft can be seen, badly affixed. Hardly the quality one would expect to see from one of the premier leather goods manufacturers. This peening of studs was done by hand in WW1 but by 1941 more and more of it was done by a press. No matter..it's only one of many things wrong. Look at the bottom stitching of the belt loops. On early commercial holsters you frequently see 5 stitching holes. On later Military types it is sometimes 5 at the top of the loop and 4 on the bottom. No matter what you might encounter..it is NEVER just 3 as seen here. I can't tell you the number of belt loops I have stitched on..thousands I guess in the last twenty years but NEVER have I seen them like this. The German Saddler was not infallible..I have seen many irregularities due to God knows what but they were mostly regular and methodical. They had been working leather for Centuries. Thousands of items..everything was made of leather. To see a holster with one irregularity..OK. To see one where ever you look? Something is amiss. Whoever is making these well made fakes is good I grant them that. They may eventually get it right but as of now..their work is only a B+ and can fool some of the people most of the time but cannot fool all of us. Yet. John, Get your money back while you still can. I say that as a fellow collector. There ARE mint 1941 Otto Sindel holsters out there and if you ever come across one and compare this fake to it you will be amazed at the very visable difference. I don't get paid for these opinions so take them for what they are worth but if I did, I already have invested way more into this fake than I want to. They are making them for $$ and that's why you see them popping up now..If I had a REAL 1941 Otto Sindel holster that was mint I would expect it to bring $800+ NOT $550. Heck, just a pretty decent holster is $550 these days. But it's your money..
I know it's hard to convince a true believer..and you WANT to believe. Good Luck!

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lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,763 Thanks: 4,865 Thanked 3,105 Times in 1,429 Posts	John, I am not comfortable with any of the examples you show for a handful of reasons. Take a look at the closure stud, underneath where it is supposed to be mushroomed onto the washer. On both the Legacy holster and the eBay they are very poorly done. A good portion of the metal shaft can be seen, badly affixed. Hardly the quality one would expect to see from one of the premier leather goods manufacturers. This peening of studs was done by hand in WW1 but by 1941 more and more of it was done by a press. No matter..it's only one of many things wrong. Look at the bottom stitching of the belt loops. On early commercial holsters you frequently see 5 stitching holes. On later Military types it is sometimes 5 at the top of the loop and 4 on the bottom. No matter what you might encounter..it is NEVER just 3 as seen here. I can't tell you the number of belt loops I have stitched on..thousands I guess in the last twenty years but NEVER have I seen them like this. The German Saddler was not infallible..I have seen many irregularities due to God knows what but they were mostly regular and methodical. They had been working leather for Centuries. Thousands of items..everything was made of leather. To see a holster with one irregularity..OK. To see one where ever you look? Something is amiss. Whoever is making these well made fakes is good I grant them that. They may eventually get it right but as of now..their work is only a B+ and can fool some of the people most of the time but cannot fool all of us. Yet. John, Get your money back while you still can. I say that as a fellow collector. There ARE mint 1941 Otto Sindel holsters out there and if you ever come across one and compare this fake to it you will be amazed at the very visable difference. I don't get paid for these opinions so take them for what they are worth but if I did, I already have invested way more into this fake than I want to. They are making them for $$ and that's why you see them popping up now..If I had a REAL 1941 Otto Sindel holster that was mint I would expect it to bring $800+ NOT $550. Heck, just a pretty decent holster is $550 these days. But it's your money.. I know it's hard to convince a true believer..and you WANT to believe. Good Luck! __________________ 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."