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lugerholsterrepair · 06-05-2003, 07:36 PM

Pete, Without a doubt this is a pre 45 period holster. From the photo's provided I can tell this is far from repro quality. Stitching is straight and correct in all the right places. The stitching looks heavy but I have found this on many 1940's holsters. It is linen from your discription. Linen is made from a plant fiber so I suspect this holster spent some time on it's back. Stitching will yellow with exposure to light. Congratulations on an enexpensive find...we should all be so lucky! Ron and John are on the mark here, the interior tool pouch, if not actually used is protected most of all and on minty holsters tend to look newer than other more exposed parts. Jerry Burney

06-05-2003, 07:36 PM	#9
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Pete, Without a doubt this is a pre 45 period holster. From the photo's provided I can tell this is far from repro quality. Stitching is straight and correct in all the right places. The stitching looks heavy but I have found this on many 1940's holsters. It is linen from your discription. Linen is made from a plant fiber so I suspect this holster spent some time on it's back. Stitching will yellow with exposure to light. Congratulations on an enexpensive find...we should all be so lucky! Ron and John are on the mark here, the interior tool pouch, if not actually used is protected most of all and on minty holsters tend to look newer than other more exposed parts. Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."