Dark brown Repro

wterrell · 07-13-2002, 06:32 PM

I recently purchased a brown repro holster and it is way too dark for my taste. What can I do to lighten the stain?

lugerholsterrepair · 07-14-2002, 01:31 AM

Wes, I doubt if there is anything you can do...I have had success with carburetor cleaner in getting off old stains. It stinks while you are doing it but from what I have been able to see it does no permanent damage and the smell goes away.It really does remove stain. Just spray and wipe. Hard to tell if it will lighten the holster though. Jerry Burney

Thor · 07-14-2002, 03:40 AM

trade it to someone that likes dark holsters for a light one?

wterrell · 07-14-2002, 01:47 PM

YO! Anyone want to trade a good repro holster for my new repro holster (brand new)?

Here is my holster:

<img src="graemlins/bigok.gif" border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" />

Would trade it for something like this:

Thor · 07-15-2002, 12:10 AM

Both of those are CMR holsters, I owned a dark brown one like that, ANTIQUE BROWN, too dark for me, but Marvin likes them. I own the other one in the picture and a police holster in the same color.

wterrell · 07-15-2002, 12:17 AM

Thor,

I searched the Old Forum threads and found your post of your holster. They are very nice looking holsters. Mine (top picture, which came from Robert Hill Military) is more like the holster that is pictured in my earlier post "WWI (Great War) bringback".
<img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />

Thor · 07-17-2002, 11:26 AM

Wes, the dark brown one looks just like the Antique brown one sold by CMR. CMR holsters I find very nice. They come in black, antique brown and sometimes my favorite red russet. I have two of the red russets. One a standard buckle and one a police type closure. Good luck on your search. There seem to be plenty of black repos out there. But I have not seen a quality light brown/tan one yet. The red russet is the closest color so far.

wterrell · 07-17-2002, 10:20 PM

Thor,

Your and my preferences are the same in holsters. Thanks for the info. <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />

Thor · 07-17-2002, 11:15 PM

How about this buckskin color beauty Jerry Burney made for my Baby Luger?? This is the color I specified to Jerry! WONDERFUL!

wterrell · 07-17-2002, 11:26 PM

I have been eye-balling that holster in the old Luger forum.

07-13-2002, 06:32 PM	#1
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Dark brown Repro I recently purchased a brown repro holster and it is way too dark for my taste. What can I do to lighten the stain? __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

07-14-2002, 01:31 AM	#2
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,771 Thanks: 4,926 Thanked 3,124 Times in 1,434 Posts	Wes, I doubt if there is anything you can do...I have had success with carburetor cleaner in getting off old stains. It stinks while you are doing it but from what I have been able to see it does no permanent damage and the smell goes away.It really does remove stain. Just spray and wipe. Hard to tell if it will lighten the holster though. Jerry Burney __________________ 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."

07-14-2002, 03:40 AM	#3
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	trade it to someone that likes dark holsters for a light one? __________________ Thor's Luger Clinic http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/ Ted Green (Thor Yaller Boots) 725 Western Hills Dr SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 915-526-8925 Email thor340@aol.com ----------------------------------- John3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

07-14-2002, 01:47 PM	#4
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	YO! Anyone want to trade a good repro holster for my new repro holster (brand new)? Here is my holster: <img src="graemlins/bigok.gif" border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" /> Would trade it for something like this: __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

07-15-2002, 12:10 AM	#5
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	Both of those are CMR holsters, I owned a dark brown one like that, ANTIQUE BROWN, too dark for me, but Marvin likes them. I own the other one in the picture and a police holster in the same color. __________________ Thor's Luger Clinic http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/ Ted Green (Thor Yaller Boots) 725 Western Hills Dr SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 915-526-8925 Email thor340@aol.com ----------------------------------- John3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

07-15-2002, 12:17 AM	#6
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thor, I searched the Old Forum threads and found your post of your holster. They are very nice looking holsters. Mine (top picture, which came from Robert Hill Military) is more like the holster that is pictured in my earlier post "WWI (Great War) bringback". <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" /> __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

07-17-2002, 11:26 AM	#7
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	Wes, the dark brown one looks just like the Antique brown one sold by CMR. CMR holsters I find very nice. They come in black, antique brown and sometimes my favorite red russet. I have two of the red russets. One a standard buckle and one a police type closure. Good luck on your search. There seem to be plenty of black repos out there. But I have not seen a quality light brown/tan one yet. The red russet is the closest color so far. __________________ Thor's Luger Clinic http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/ Ted Green (Thor Yaller Boots) 725 Western Hills Dr SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 915-526-8925 Email thor340@aol.com ----------------------------------- John3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

07-17-2002, 10:20 PM	#8
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thor, Your and my preferences are the same in holsters. Thanks for the info. <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" /> __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

07-17-2002, 11:15 PM	#9
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	How about this buckskin color beauty Jerry Burney made for my Baby Luger?? This is the color I specified to Jerry! WONDERFUL! __________________ Thor's Luger Clinic http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/ Ted Green (Thor Yaller Boots) 725 Western Hills Dr SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 915-526-8925 Email thor340@aol.com ----------------------------------- John3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

07-17-2002, 11:26 PM	#10
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I have been eye-balling that holster in the old Luger forum. __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------