My New Luger...

[Doubs]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Big Norm:
<strong>Doubs, I noticed the sandwiching of leather on Petes holster. I wonder if there would be variants of this holsters coloring. These holsters were produced about the same time as the German army mandated that holsters would be black. So I wonder if some holsters might have been delivered brown and some may have missed the dying process while others may have been delivered black. Big Norm</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Norm, there's a distinct possibility that the "sandwich" holster I have was originally made in brown. I say this for two reason: The interior of the holster is brown (including the flap) and the back has a small streak or two where the black dye ran down the back while being applied. The other holster was always black as far as I can tell.

The "always black" holster is interesting in that the interior of the flap is almost like a suede and has unit markings and what appears to be some kind of inventory or tracking number deeply stamped into it.... very sharp and easily read. Except for barrel length, it looks identical to the Navy holster that was discussed a week or so back that was on e-bay, IIRC.