Hello Craig,
Following Tom's advice...I would only add that I do leave a bit of the vertigris on portions that are too hard to clean off...just to show evidence of some age.
If you need to locate a strap for your M1929 Swiss holster, you could try Luger Forum member, SwissDaggers...who lives in Switzerland and has helped several members locate Swiss items :
Stefan's web site is :
http://www.swissdagger.com
Regards,
Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />