Three hands indeed Marvin
But as a former career soldier I can speculate that the holster for the Luger was designed primarily for storage to protect the weapon from the drudgery of combat and not to make it readily available to it's owner.
In any situation where the use of a personal sidearm might be anticipated, be assured that the weapon is already in the owner's hand with a round in the chamber and your thumb on the safety. This would be particularly true with the P-08 and it's super-protective holster. As it was also true on those few occasions where the possible use of my 1911A1 was anticipated during my 20 years of active duty. It was my closest friend on several occasions which still bring goose-bumps to the back of my neck.
When I have used a P-08 holster, I have found that familiarity with it's operation is your best friend when it comes to it's convenient use. It is a sort of a lift the flap with the right hand, pull the strap with the left hand (which raises the pistol and holds open the flap) and take the pistol with the right hand movement...
As the punchline to the old joke where the young man carrying a musical instrument case asks an elderly gentleman on the street "how do you get to Carnegie Hall?" and the reply is "Practice! Practice!"
Check out the photo from the cover of Fred Datig's book that is on the markings page of our web site and that is the true position of the soldiers best friend. In the hand.
-John
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