Hi John,
Not sure what is meant when you say the LWaA is not of the correct era.
The LWaA2 stamping on my piece appears to be identical to the few photos of other HK holster stampings that appear in the Gibson, Bender, and Still books.
Since there is no date on my holster, how does one date it and how does one know if the LWaA stamping is of the correct time period ?
The price of this piece was only $ 125...so it is not a big issue. The holster looks right to me...but what the heck do I know about HK holsters, as this is only the 2nd. one I had in my hands...
When I showed Mike Krause the holster a week after I brought it home from my travels, he thought it looked right. He did say he had not seen the placement of the LWaA2 stamping so high and close to the "hinge" of the closure flap on my holster as compared to others he had seen in his career. And he did say the gun-numbering idea is still not yet confirmed by all.
Also, my holster has the use of black-dyed thread. Do you know if this was expressly an HK trademark or was such dyed thread used on other, non-HK holsters ? On many of the black police holsters I have seen, the white thread just appears to have been dyed-over...
p.s. No HK tool in the pouch...but rather a nice Simpson E/6 stamped tool...nice little bonus...
Regards,
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