Information on 1917 Artillery Luger and holster?

alanint · 01-22-2013, 04:47 AM

From years of observing originals. Pakistani leather reproductions are aged with some sort of acid bath, which gives the leather an odd look. They usually smell strange as well, (you might try this test; Smell your leather and it should smell sour, versus like old leather). Details like the poor stitching and wrinkled look of the tool pouch and the poor job on the "ears" of the cleaning rod pouch cover all indicate a recent copy. The stock is the wrong type of wood and the poor metal to wood fitting show it to be a copy as well.

01-22-2013, 04:47 AM	#13
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	From years of observing originals. Pakistani leather reproductions are aged with some sort of acid bath, which gives the leather an odd look. They usually smell strange as well, (you might try this test; Smell your leather and it should smell sour, versus like old leather). Details like the poor stitching and wrinkled look of the tool pouch and the poor job on the "ears" of the cleaning rod pouch cover all indicate a recent copy. The stock is the wrong type of wood and the poor metal to wood fitting show it to be a copy as well.