[lugerholsterrepair]

Restorations can involve more than the finish. missing or broken parts, cracked or wrong type pf grips.

One must take into consideration many things and of course cost is only one factor. With any restoration of an antique military item it is easy to cross the monetary point of no return.

But in the case of missing parts..yeah, you HAVE to replace them or the item is not complete.

Much consideration and study is required to make those decisions. Early on I had a valuable Luger re finished..yes it's pretty..but I regret it 30 years later. I still have it. I have an 02 Luger carbine that was missing a side plate. I had to put one on. I use it as a shooter. I have a very fine Krieghoff Luger holster with the Norway holes punched in the back. What to do? Nothing left to do but put on belt loops. Decisions, decisions...When I was a kid I had a German helmet that was scratched some, I found some green paint ..I hate to think of it now. We will all make some of these decisions along the way. Some good some satisfactory some a disaster. Life goes on.