Portuguese holster?

[oxi81]

Hello guys,

I need you opinion about this holster :







What is it? a M935, a M943? a fake? a non-portuguese model?

Fran�§ois

[wlyon]

Francois It certaintly looks like a 1943 Portuguese holster for the 1943 luger contract of 4000 lugers. I have owned two of these. The only difference I can see by the picture is the belt straps seem more narrow than mine were. They were a unique holster and only used on this contract. Real or good reproduction I can't say. Bill

[Pete Ebbink]

I would vote for authentic...

Here are a couple of others for sale on the Internet.

I have one as well with a 4-digit luger gun number stamped on the front of the holster.

http://www.collector-arms.de/produkt_images/800260.JPG

On Joe Salter's site, click on his "luger" section and you will see another with lots of good photos down the page a bit. You can compare those photos with your holster :

http://www.joesalter.com/

[oxi81]

Here are two better shots :





I'm gone to see Joe Salter's site and I saw that he has two identical M943 hoslters for sale. One costs $450 and the other $695. Isn't it too much and why such a difference between them?

Fran�§ois

[Pete Ebbink]

Yes, pricing of these is very high and they have been for sale for some time.

I bought mine, in better condition that these, only 2 years ago for $ 200 plush shipping costs.

[oxi81]

Thanks for opinion Pete.

As I (unfortunately) do not own a portuguese 1943 pistol, I'm not really interested by keeping this hoslter.
If somebody is interested, just make an offer

Fran�§ois

[oxi81]

Hello guys,

Here's what it looks like after a good cleaning, especially of copper parts.



It's really in excellent+ condition (I think it's unissued - no pistol imprint inside)...
So nice housing for my pistol that I do not sale it anymore, but maybe a trade for a nice german commercial

Cheers,
Fran�§ois

[Pete Ebbink]

Francois,

Could you explain how you cleaned up the leather of your Portuguese holster ? It looks very nice.

BTW...I normally clean the "brass" hardware just a little to remove the green corrosion only but I like to keep the patina and age on the brass so it shows its history and age better. But that is just my opinion and my personal preference.

I usually just use a clean white cotton cloth to remove the green corrosion from the brass hardward and leather...nothing more.

[oxi81]

Originally posted by Pete Ebbink
Francois,

Could you explain how you cleaned up the leather of your Portuguese holster ? It looks very nice.

BTW...I normally clean the "brass" hardware just a little to remove the green corrosion only but I like to keep the patina and age on the brass so it shows its history and age better. But that is just my opinion and my personal preference.

I usually just use a clean white cotton cloth to remove the green corrosion from the brass hardward and leather...nothing more.

Hello Pete,
For leather, I just use products for cleaning shoes and colourless shoe-wax .
For copper, I did try white cotton cloth, but it was ineffective on green corrosion. I used "Mirror" and now, copper shines like a... mirror.

Fran�§ois

[Pete Ebbink]

Merci !!