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10-25-2018, 12:11 PM | #1 |
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2 interesting small holsters - buttons
I found these 2 holsters locally, both have similar push button closures with the familiar pattern we also see on Dutch military equipment for the Dutch East-Indies (KNIL) and on older German equipment.
Still no clue on who actually made these buttons. The left holster is of a soft leather and the silhouette suggests it was used to carry a small revolver. The right one is made of tougher leather, has a magazine pouch and is of the right size to fit a smaller pocket pistol like the Mauser M1910 or something of similar size. No additional markings, but both show their age and the quality of manufacture well. |
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10-25-2018, 12:48 PM | #2 |
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When you say 'buttons', are these 'snap' closures??? that is, does the 'cap' on the flap snap over a round stud on the holster body??? Or are they actual buttons, that slip through a slit in the flap???
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10-25-2018, 01:33 PM | #3 |
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They are snap closures.
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They remind me of the "buttons" on the straps of WWI fighting knives. Perhaps a generic maker that supplied many holster / sheath makers.
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10-27-2018, 11:34 AM | #5 |
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Correct, you also see them on WW1 trench knive scabbards.
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Vilm, here is another discussion about these snaps in 2004
http://luger.gunboards.com/showthrea...hlight=holster B Regds, John |
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I have had a couple of larger holsters with those buttons
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