Question about Bulgarian holsters

rolandtg · 07-03-2009, 10:33 AM

Wow, thanks for the pix. I found some other good photos here. http://www.landofborchardt.com/holsters.html#bulgarian

It looks like the Bulgarians made a lot of variations over the years. It's odd that most of them are unmarked.
Like I said above, I haven't seen any holsters I would consider "fakes" (although I don't doubt they exist) but I have seen a lot of well used, poorly stored re-dyed post-WWI holsters and a lot of WWII "era" holsters of mediocre quality that I think were probably made up into the '50's, maybe even '60's and many of them appear to be unissued but again poorly stored.

I bought a couple of "WWII" models a few years ago for $30-40 and I see the same holsters going for $100+ now. I don't know if that's being driven by interest or scarcity but it's a pretty good increase in "value".

Maybe someday someone will write a book about about these un-loved holsters, in the mean time I keep my eyes open for interesting variations.

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07-03-2009, 10:33 AM	#12
rolandtg User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 479 Thanks: 389 Thanked 265 Times in 114 Posts	Wow, thanks for the pix. I found some other good photos here. http://www.landofborchardt.com/holsters.html#bulgarian It looks like the Bulgarians made a lot of variations over the years. It's odd that most of them are unmarked. Like I said above, I haven't seen any holsters I would consider "fakes" (although I don't doubt they exist) but I have seen a lot of well used, poorly stored re-dyed post-WWI holsters and a lot of WWII "era" holsters of mediocre quality that I think were probably made up into the '50's, maybe even '60's and many of them appear to be unissued but again poorly stored. I bought a couple of "WWII" models a few years ago for $30-40 and I see the same holsters going for $100+ now. I don't know if that's being driven by interest or scarcity but it's a pretty good increase in "value". Maybe someday someone will write a book about about these un-loved holsters, in the mean time I keep my eyes open for interesting variations.