My first Borchardt,

[Big Norm]

Murray,
congratulations on your purchase. Be careful of that case. All the cases that I have seen seem to look very delicate after all these years.

I have a few questions the first of which is what is that black thing under the handle of the pistol? Another question is the color of the holster. All the holsters that I have seen where on DWM's and they were all black. Did the Lowes holsters come in the brown color? Another thing that I noticed is the strap on the neck of the holster. This one seems to have two rivets holding the strap to the holster. My holster does not show any holes in the leather that would indicate rivets where ever there. Perhaps this is why that strap is missing from my holster. But were these rivets on the Lowe Borchardt holster?

Except for the rivets and the color the holster looks like the finest Borchardt holster that I have seen. I sure would like it if someone who is good at wood workng to make a hard wood hold open magazine. Its tough holding the toogle back while trying to run a rod down the barrel.
Big Norm