Newbie here, need info

[Ron Wood]

I believe that the description of the "wooden" holster that was with this Luger has been distorted a little over time. The holster you have is the original German holster issued with the Luger. It was attached to the board stock with straps. In the process of retrieving his Luger from the sergeant, Gramps came up short this board stock and straps, and over time the description of this stock evolved into a "wooden holster" but really never was. The wooden holster is a prototype that was considered for the very early 1914 Artillery and was never issued to the military. Only one or two original prototypes exist.

The board stock is legal to own with the Artillery luger because BATF has ruled that this configuration is truly a collectors item and thus does not fall in the illegal category of a short barreled rifle. In addition to the Artillery Luger, the Navy Luger, the Luger carbine, the US made Ideal sholder stock/holster attached to an American Eagle Luger, and the rare Benke Thieman (I'm not sure I spelled that correctly and I don't have time to look it up right now)all have been exempt by BATF and may be legally owned. The stocks must, however, be with the correct type Luger, e.g. an Artillery stock may not be attached to a Navy Luger, etc.

The knife that you discribe is a "Hirshf�¤nger" or German hunting short sword, and was used by German hunting associations.