This holster looks like a repro to me.

ithacaartist · 07-24-2025, 03:00 PM

Is my assessment correct? It's described as made by "Hohmann & Sohn Kaiserslautern." The stitching looks a little wonky, so that's my call...unless someone knows better!

Pistol · 07-25-2025, 09:12 AM

Looks good to me. Did it have a date inside?

wlyon · 07-25-2025, 11:46 AM

Hard to tell. I don't care for the extreme slope in the belt loops. Also as you said the stitching is not up to normal German standards. Still looks like better quality than the normal repro. Is it dated ? What is the inside wear like. And the inside belt loops thread? Bill

Eugen · 07-25-2025, 03:31 PM

I like the patina. That holster looks original to me, but I don't know much.

What's the story on it?

Edward Tinker · 07-25-2025, 05:02 PM

Looks fine to me, many repros have the belt loops straight up and down

ithacaartist · 07-25-2025, 09:35 PM

Thanks, gents.
It's an auction listing, and the info above is all I have--no pics detailing any markings or internal condition.
Considering a bid of perhaps $75, limited by doubts.

*edit* Alas, it sold for $180 plus BP, shipping. I don't need one very badly, so no harm/foul.

kzullick · 07-26-2025, 02:57 PM

I'm thinking it looks good but I'm no expert on holsters.

mrerick · 08-03-2025, 05:52 PM

I don't like the uneven stitching.

if you can get a photo of the edge near the buckle, look at the layered construction. There should be a wedge shaped piece of leather in the middle.

ithacaartist · 08-03-2025, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrerick

I don't like the uneven stitching.

if you can get a photo of the edge near the buckle, look at the layered construction. There should be a wedge shaped piece of leather in the middle.

Marc,

It was an online auction offering which included only these 2 pics. The stitching put me off, too, as well as the weird way the belt loops point. I bid low enough that I'd be happy if it turned out to be bogus, but it went for quite a bit more.

07-25-2025, 09:12 AM	#2
Pistol User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA - TN Posts: 435 Thanks: 467 Thanked 223 Times in 102 Posts	Looks good to me. Did it have a date inside? Last edited by Pistol; 08-09-2025 at 11:01 PM.

07-25-2025, 11:46 AM	#3
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,673 Thanks: 3,243 Thanked 2,658 Times in 988 Posts	Hard to tell. I don't care for the extreme slope in the belt loops. Also as you said the stitching is not up to normal German standards. Still looks like better quality than the normal repro. Is it dated ? What is the inside wear like. And the inside belt loops thread? Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

07-25-2025, 03:31 PM	#4
Eugen User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Newburgh,IN Posts: 797 Thanks: 403 Thanked 640 Times in 339 Posts	I like the patina. That holster looks original to me, but I don't know much. What's the story on it? __________________ “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain

07-25-2025, 05:02 PM	#5
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,974 Thanks: 2,072 Thanked 4,607 Times in 2,123 Posts	Looks fine to me, many repros have the belt loops straight up and down __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

07-25-2025, 09:35 PM	#6
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,400 Thanks: 7,555 Thanked 2,643 Times in 1,393 Posts	Thanks, gents. It's an auction listing, and the info above is all I have--no pics detailing any markings or internal condition. Considering a bid of perhaps $75, limited by doubts. edit Alas, it sold for $180 plus BP, shipping. I don't need one very badly, so no harm/foul. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

07-26-2025, 02:57 PM	#7
kzullick Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: East Berwick, Pennsylvania Posts: 253 Thanks: 729 Thanked 113 Times in 87 Posts	I'm thinking it looks good but I'm no expert on holsters.

08-03-2025, 05:52 PM	#8
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,139 Times in 1,520 Posts	I don't like the uneven stitching. if you can get a photo of the edge near the buckle, look at the layered construction. There should be a wedge shaped piece of leather in the middle. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

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