Police holster pick-up

Dave Sanders · 04-29-2017, 02:39 AM

I picked up a nice police holster tonight locally from a guy who got it from an estate sale. It had an unmarked tool and magazine with it. Now all I need is a 1942 police luger to go in it. It is hard to see with my bad photography, but is is an eagle B on the chest.
Dave

lugerholsterrepair · 04-29-2017, 11:54 AM

Beautiful! These are getting scarce.

Sky Zero · 04-29-2017, 06:58 PM

Looks good

MP38 · 05-21-2017, 11:24 AM

Nice find! I like it!

Matt

Edward Tinker · 05-21-2017, 12:44 PM

I love that brown color

lugerholsterrepair · 05-21-2017, 01:11 PM

I love that brown color

Interesting that this color is rapidly disappearing from our collective history because of government. Some ten years ago or more the EPA declared leather dye as a hazardous substance..since then at least a dozen American dye companies have ceased to exist. Aniline dye is simply very fine particles..color, suspended in alcohol. The alcohol allows the particles to be suspended and then applied to leather..the alcohol evaporates and the particles have been absorbed into the leather. A great system. One that has worked well for centuries. Until now. Colors like Ed and I and likely most of us love to see, are becoming extinct.

Dave Sanders · 05-21-2017, 03:29 PM

That's too bad about the color thing. One more thing why we need less government. This is a nice holster, but I still like the black ones better. Thanks for the comments and info.
Dave

DonVoigt · 05-21-2017, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair

I love that brown color

Interesting that this color is rapidly disappearing from our collective history because of government. Some ten years ago or more the EPA declared leather dye as a hazardous substance..since then at least a dozen American dye companies have ceased to exist. Aniline dye is simply very fine particles..color, suspended in alcohol. The alcohol allows the particles to be suspended and then applied to leather..the alcohol evaporates and the particles have been absorbed into the leather. A great system. One that has worked well for centuries. Until now. Colors like Ed and I and likely most of us love to see, are becoming extinct.

Jerry,
"Aniline" dyes are not fine particles- but molecules that are soluble in some solvents- different dyes/different solvents.

I believe most leather dyes are what a dye chemist would call a "solvent" dye, which is simply one soluble in a solvent, such as alchohol, gasoline , or other hydrocarbon(petroleum distillate).

What you describe are "pigments" as found in paint, and many stains now sold for wood, the ones that settle out and require shaking or stirring.

If your aniline dyes settle out , they are not that.

Not that any of this matters, but as a color(dye) chemist for 40 years, I just have to set the record straight.

Many colors are "aniline" dyes, some food colors, Rit dyes we used to use in the washing machine, etc. There are dozens of types and thousands of varieties.

04-29-2017, 02:39 AM	#1
Dave Sanders User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hamer, Idaho Posts: 273 Thanks: 19 Thanked 39 Times in 20 Posts	Police holster pick-up I picked up a nice police holster tonight locally from a guy who got it from an estate sale. It had an unmarked tool and magazine with it. Now all I need is a 1942 police luger to go in it. It is hard to see with my bad photography, but is is an eagle B on the chest. Dave Attached Thumbnails

04-29-2017, 11:54 AM	#2
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,760 Thanks: 4,848 Thanked 3,099 Times in 1,426 Posts	Beautiful! These are getting scarce. __________________ 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."

05-21-2017, 12:44 PM	#5
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,909 Thanks: 1,986 Thanked 4,500 Times in 2,076 Posts	I love that brown color __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

05-21-2017, 01:11 PM	#6
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,760 Thanks: 4,848 Thanked 3,099 Times in 1,426 Posts	I love that brown color Interesting that this color is rapidly disappearing from our collective history because of government. Some ten years ago or more the EPA declared leather dye as a hazardous substance..since then at least a dozen American dye companies have ceased to exist. Aniline dye is simply very fine particles..color, suspended in alcohol. The alcohol allows the particles to be suspended and then applied to leather..the alcohol evaporates and the particles have been absorbed into the leather. A great system. One that has worked well for centuries. Until now. Colors like Ed and I and likely most of us love to see, are becoming extinct. __________________ 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."

04-29-2017, 06:58 PM	#3
Sky Zero User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 308 Thanks: 134 Thanked 43 Times in 30 Posts	Looks good

05-21-2017, 11:24 AM	#4
MP38 User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 464 Thanks: 36 Thanked 113 Times in 60 Posts	Nice find! I like it! Matt

05-21-2017, 03:29 PM	#7
Dave Sanders User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hamer, Idaho Posts: 273 Thanks: 19 Thanked 39 Times in 20 Posts	That's too bad about the color thing. One more thing why we need less government. This is a nice holster, but I still like the black ones better. Thanks for the comments and info. Dave