Bill,
No problem. To answer your original question my info comes from years of research on my own. I have never seen a reference book yet that does not have at least one error, or false information in it.
Eugene Bender's book is full of mistakes and is very outdated IMO.
I haven't read the article you mention, nor have I ever heard of John Walther, but I'm very curious as to where John Walther got this information from? or what evidence he has that Ehrhardt und Kirsten had a factory in Stuttgart?? I've never seen any information or evidence of this. Until I do, I can only assume this is just a fantasy, or he's taking his info from other books that you mentioned as well.
I have already mentioned that Ehrhardt & Kirsten's 2nd location was in Taucka, and I have seen holsters marked this as well.
Claus does list Ernst Kurz in his list. Please see Claus's list is here;
http://photos.imageevent.com/badgerd...links/WAAE.pdf
if you look under WaA 101, you'll find this;
101 flrgn. hol. Ernst Kurz Stuttgart (BW) 1937
He also has Ehrhardt und Kirsten Leipzig (Sn) listed under 101, but this is incorrect IMO. The abbreviation "St." would not connect with Leipzig as I previously mentioned.
Even his list is not complete though. (at least for holster makers that is.)
Hope this helps,
Matt
