Brown Pigsskin????

lugerholsterrepair · 08-27-2011, 12:11 PM

Your holster is not likely pigskin but called pebble grain. The wet leather is roll pressed and imprinted with the small round pebble design. Exactly like a football. You can find pigskin that is pebble grained but I doubt if this holster is.
Look at the leather closely and if you find thousands of tiny holes in patterns of 3..it IS pigskin.

Conny · 08-27-2011, 12:50 PM

There should be a stamp of 3 Crowns symbolizing Swedish approval on the front flap. The color is correct. The vast majority were dyed black after the war.

As Bill stated, the small pouch held a screwdriver which was also a magazine loading tool. Many people have put this combo tool in the pouch backwards and the screwdriver tip scratches the right rear side of the pistol. These scratches are simply called, "chicken scratches" because the screwdriver pecks pits and scratches the metal.

I have a mint NOS brown holster and a dyed black one. Just waiting for the right Lahti to come along to complete my rig.

CAP Black · 08-28-2011, 06:44 PM

That's twice I thought a holster was a pigskin. Next time I should check closer. I looked at the pattern on the leather. It is a peculiar design. Looks like pigskin to me - especially in a picture. From now on I'll be a Doubting Thomas.
What is an item like this worth? It's in superb condition at least I see it that way.
Thanks Jerry.
Jack

08-27-2011, 12:11 PM	#1
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	Your holster is not likely pigskin but called pebble grain. The wet leather is roll pressed and imprinted with the small round pebble design. Exactly like a football. You can find pigskin that is pebble grained but I doubt if this holster is. Look at the leather closely and if you find thousands of tiny holes in patterns of 3..it IS pigskin. __________________ 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."

08-27-2011, 12:50 PM	#2
Conny User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Culpeper, Va. Posts: 279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 26 Times in 13 Posts	There should be a stamp of 3 Crowns symbolizing Swedish approval on the front flap. The color is correct. The vast majority were dyed black after the war. As Bill stated, the small pouch held a screwdriver which was also a magazine loading tool. Many people have put this combo tool in the pouch backwards and the screwdriver tip scratches the right rear side of the pistol. These scratches are simply called, "chicken scratches" because the screwdriver pecks pits and scratches the metal. I have a mint NOS brown holster and a dyed black one. Just waiting for the right Lahti to come along to complete my rig. __________________ Rangers Lead the Way, Duane Leiker

08-28-2011, 06:44 PM	#3
CAP Black User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Fairmont, WV Right here in Mountaineer country and God's country Posts: 767 Thanks: 100 Thanked 174 Times in 96 Posts	That's twice I thought a holster was a pigskin. Next time I should check closer. I looked at the pattern on the leather. It is a peculiar design. Looks like pigskin to me - especially in a picture. From now on I'll be a Doubting Thomas. What is an item like this worth? It's in superb condition at least I see it that way. Thanks Jerry. Jack