Need help with Holster ID

Ridecontrol · 08-07-2011, 09:48 AM

Trying to figure this one out...

Is that a "W" on the backside or what? No other markings on the back..Looks like it was altered at one time but it was long ago...Any feedback or ideas would be appreciated. Also I do not know what ink stamp is all about.

Thanks in advance,

Ken

Norme · 08-07-2011, 10:06 AM

Hi Ken, Could we see a picture of the entire back and right side? I believe this holster started out as an Artillery model. Regards, Norm

lugerholsterrepair · 08-07-2011, 10:56 AM

Absolutely without doubt a previous Artillery. 3 reasons you know from the photo's..It might look like an Army converted from a Police but there were no Police style holsters in 1915.
You might think it was an Army converted TO a Police then back to an Army but look at the 4th photo and right in the middle is a set of stitching holes that tell you where the stock block was..
This conversion was done by a Master Saddler..the well molded toe and notice where the left belt loop is? The pull up strap is sewn in nicely there. Usually they just used the old Artillery style lift strap without modification.
NICE!

GerColctor · 08-21-2011, 08:48 PM

Very nice and interesting converstion from an LP-08.

Joe

08-07-2011, 09:48 AM	#1
Ridecontrol User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 123 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Need help with Holster ID Trying to figure this one out... Is that a "W" on the backside or what? No other markings on the back..Looks like it was altered at one time but it was long ago...Any feedback or ideas would be appreciated. Also I do not know what ink stamp is all about. Thanks in advance, Ken Attached Thumbnails

08-07-2011, 10:56 AM	#3
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,766 Thanks: 4,883 Thanked 3,121 Times in 1,432 Posts	Absolutely without doubt a previous Artillery. 3 reasons you know from the photo's..It might look like an Army converted from a Police but there were no Police style holsters in 1915. You might think it was an Army converted TO a Police then back to an Army but look at the 4th photo and right in the middle is a set of stitching holes that tell you where the stock block was.. This conversion was done by a Master Saddler..the well molded toe and notice where the left belt loop is? The pull up strap is sewn in nicely there. Usually they just used the old Artillery style lift strap without modification. NICE! __________________ 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."

08-21-2011, 08:48 PM	#4
GerColctor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: CT & FL Posts: 311 Thanks: 2 Thanked 41 Times in 28 Posts	Very nice and interesting converstion from an LP-08. Joe __________________ It is better to have lived a day as a tiger, then a thousand years as a lamb.

08-07-2011, 10:06 AM	#2
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 225 Thanked 2,603 Times in 933 Posts	Hi Ken, Could we see a picture of the entire back and right side? I believe this holster started out as an Artillery model. Regards, Norm