Erfurt/DWM Parts Luger Project

lugerholsterrepair · 02-05-2021, 10:58 AM

Some things are so horribly defaced they cannot be properly restored and Norwegian P08 holsters are a prime example. The toe cut off the end of a Luger holster or a "cowboy cut" of the front to draw the pistol easily are some more. These are layers of history destruction. The Norwegian's destroyed history by putting on an ugly GI belt hanger just as the East Germans destroyed history by "refurbishing" pistols. My preference is to not look at ugly modifications no matter who did them. For that matter, I don't even like the ugly holsters they started making after 1945.

"Part of being a good and professional restorer is the ability to say 'no' to projects that uneducated clients offer." Pompous attitude.

You are not any kind of professional restorer. I don't work in a government job with a guaranteed income. And I don't consider any of my clients ignorant. History is a fluid in suspension. I have been known to give advice from time to time but if a man owns something and wants to put it in a shredder that's his business.

02-05-2021, 10:58 AM	#28
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Some things are so horribly defaced they cannot be properly restored and Norwegian P08 holsters are a prime example. The toe cut off the end of a Luger holster or a "cowboy cut" of the front to draw the pistol easily are some more. These are layers of history destruction. The Norwegian's destroyed history by putting on an ugly GI belt hanger just as the East Germans destroyed history by "refurbishing" pistols. My preference is to not look at ugly modifications no matter who did them. For that matter, I don't even like the ugly holsters they started making after 1945. "Part of being a good and professional restorer is the ability to say 'no' to projects that uneducated clients offer." Pompous attitude. You are not any kind of professional restorer. I don't work in a government job with a guaranteed income. And I don't consider any of my clients ignorant. History is a fluid in suspension. I have been known to give advice from time to time but if a man owns something and wants to put it in a shredder that's his business. __________________ 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."