Polished Threads?

wterrell · 07-27-2002, 01:38 PM

On this "minty" holster, do the threads look as if they have seen a bit of the shoe polish? Or is the picture bad?

LINK:

http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/Vie...p?Item=4721426

[quote]....The stitching is clean and the original white color.....<hr></blockquote>

Hugh · 07-27-2002, 05:03 PM

I dunno Wes, since that's the first blue holster that I've seen, maybe they used blue thread to stitch it with? <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" />

lugerholsterrepair · 07-27-2002, 07:39 PM

Wes. I would say there has been little or no polish involved with this piece. Polish tends to leave grains of pigment in the thread. This thread looks clean to me from what I can see. Linen thread tends to age and turn yellow, or brownish. This looks entirely natural to me.At least on the back, I cannot say for sure about the front. I cannot see it closely enough to say for sure. The closure strap looks a little dark as do the rest of the threads in front. If a holster gets any shoe polish or dye it is generally on the front and not the back. Nice holster. Jerry Burney

Roadkill · 07-27-2002, 08:30 PM

Hugh, you need that for the blue luger (K something) from last week.

RK

wterrell · 07-27-2002, 08:56 PM

Jerry,

The close-up of the back detail had me questioning whether the larger views were not quality pics. Thanks for your input.

07-27-2002, 01:38 PM	#1
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Polished Threads? On this "minty" holster, do the threads look as if they have seen a bit of the shoe polish? Or is the picture bad? LINK: http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/Vie...p?Item=4721426 [quote]....The stitching is clean and the original white color.....<hr></blockquote> __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

07-27-2002, 05:03 PM	#2
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 165 Times in 64 Posts	I dunno Wes, since that's the first blue holster that I've seen, maybe they used blue thread to stitch it with? <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" /> __________________ *TRUMP FOR PREZ IN '20!*

07-27-2002, 07:39 PM	#3
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	Wes. I would say there has been little or no polish involved with this piece. Polish tends to leave grains of pigment in the thread. This thread looks clean to me from what I can see. Linen thread tends to age and turn yellow, or brownish. This looks entirely natural to me.At least on the back, I cannot say for sure about the front. I cannot see it closely enough to say for sure. The closure strap looks a little dark as do the rest of the threads in front. If a holster gets any shoe polish or dye it is generally on the front and not the back. Nice holster. 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."

07-27-2002, 08:56 PM	#5
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Jerry, The close-up of the back detail had me questioning whether the larger views were not quality pics. Thanks for your input. __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

07-27-2002, 08:30 PM	#4
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,632 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	Hugh, you need that for the blue luger (K something) from last week. RK