Alphabet Commercial Holster

Dwight Gruber · 06-27-2024, 04:34 PM

Is it marked GERMANY or not?

An Alphabet Commercial without the marking would not have been exported to the US. The Germans were not big on custom holsters, any military-style without markings would be appropriate. If you can find one from Albricht Kind marked AkAh tht would be good, AK was a major maker and dealer of commercial P08 holsters.

A GERMANY marked pistol was explicitly a U.S. marketed pistol. Americans have always been big on custom holsters, so any holster from a U.S. maker would work. The most common holsters re cheap flap-style holsters with a decorative edge stamp. These were sold by virtually any sporting goods, hardware, or dry-goods store. Custom manufacturers such as H.H.Heiser, Eubanks, several other manufacturers. They could be had plain or with any amount of decorative carving.

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06-27-2024, 04:34 PM	#2
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	Is it marked GERMANY or not? An Alphabet Commercial without the marking would not have been exported to the US. The Germans were not big on custom holsters, any military-style without markings would be appropriate. If you can find one from Albricht Kind marked AkAh tht would be good, AK was a major maker and dealer of commercial P08 holsters. A GERMANY marked pistol was explicitly a U.S. marketed pistol. Americans have always been big on custom holsters, so any holster from a U.S. maker would work. The most common holsters re cheap flap-style holsters with a decorative edge stamp. These were sold by virtually any sporting goods, hardware, or dry-goods store. Custom manufacturers such as H.H.Heiser, Eubanks, several other manufacturers. They could be had plain or with any amount of decorative carving. --Dwight... ..hmmm, email me please, dwightg600@gmail.com ...