my first luger(s) -- how did i do? and a dilemma!

[beetledude]

Originally Posted by klaus 3338

You have a pair of nice Lugers; hard to find in this condition. Congratulations!
As Jerry mentioned- I also have some "problems" with your holster. I was never the best friend of III. Reich items but I had hundreds of III. Reich holsters. I can not remember that I ever saw a DLU (Lüneschloss) with black stiches- I remember DLU dated 1940, 41, 42 and even 43 but all had white stiches. May be Jerry can tell more about your holster.
Regards Klaus

Hello!

thanks for the kind words. the stitching is actually white. somewhere along the line someone decided to use black shoe polish on the holster. Therefore, the white stitches absorbed the black color. If you look on the inside or in other areas (under the buckle, etc) you can see that the stitches are indeed white.

I guess the jury is still out on the authenticity of the holster

-bailey

[klaus 3338]

Yes- the stiches are white. Perhaps it is the black calor- it is an "unusual" black but you have a really nice holster.It should have WaA 841.
Holsters in still good conditions are not so rare- one is dated 1915 the other undated but late (I think 1918) but yours is like new and that makes the difference!