[lugerholsterrepair]

Ed, First, Thanks for your visits to me at the VA hospital in Denver. They were a real bright spot in an otherwise dark hour. I spent two weeks there and I have to tell all you Vets out there if you need hospitalization go to your VA. Best Hospital and most dedicated people I have ever seen.

This holster looks correct in all respects. The pebble grain leather is certainly normal for small parts on P-08 holsters. Especially tool pouches.

The photo Pete shows of a P-08 with a mag pouch of pebble grain is unusual, not often encountered, but I would surmise that in shops that made many types of holsters such as the soft shell P-38 of pebble grain it would occur to a Sattler to pick up a handy piece of leather to complete an order and if there were no directive specifically prohibiting it, why not?
As leon says, pigskin is different from normal cow hide that has had the pebble grain stamped into it's surface. In a previous discussion it was demonstrated that pigskin can, and did, also recieve this pebble grain treatment and was used on German Military holsters.
Ron, I know what you are trying to say about the apparent newness of this tool pocket but I think it is original to the holster. I took a good long look at it and the edges have enough patina to them and the stitching is certainly 50 years old or more. Oddly enough interior tool pockets can receive little or no use over the years or be worn out completely. I guess it comes from the owner losing the tool early on or something. On my repair bench I remove quite a few of these and a surprising number of them look like new for some reason. I would like to get a look at the metal closure stud on this one. That piece is an important factor not shown in these photo's.
This holster actually looks to be in excellent shape, not worn much at all at the hinge or the closure strap. I would guess it spent the last fifty years in a drawer. Jerry Burney

Jerry Burney