Repro eBay holster?

Hugo Borchardt · 04-26-2012, 03:20 PM

Another edition of "Repro or Real"...

I am always suspicious when a seller doesn't use "Luger" or "holster" in the title of a listing for a Luger holster.

Is this a repro? Are The clues the Straight up belt loops, and the condition?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/150802625138#ht_3773wt_698

No offense intended to the seller if it is real...

saab-bob · 04-26-2012, 03:25 PM

That holster looks real. WW1 style as it doest have the stiffener piece.
My reproduction luger holster looks different
Bob

beachbaker · 04-26-2012, 03:40 PM

World War I holsters did not have PO8 on them. This did not appear until the P38 came out and the model type was on there to tell them apart. Curt

alanint · 04-26-2012, 04:34 PM

A complete reproduction that somebody has tried to antique. Not only do the belt loops lack the proper cant, but the tool pouch has the classic, squared off edges that characterize most repros.

saab-bob · 04-26-2012, 06:36 PM

Hmmm,ever seen a reproduction of a WW1 style luger holster. Live and learn!
Bob

wlyon · 04-26-2012, 06:46 PM

Definately a repro. The PO8 tells us that. Not even a very good repro. Bill

Sieger · 04-27-2012, 05:17 AM

Hi All:

The "fake" German doesn't help either.

Sieger

goldwing · 05-05-2012, 09:40 PM

I agree that this holster is a fake but I have one question. It was mention that the tool holder has square corners. I don't understand this as every holster I have looked at has square corners on the tool holder. Thanks, Bill

alanint · 05-05-2012, 10:23 PM

Most vintage tool pouches exhibit some rounding of the corners over time and tend to be flattened against the holster dust cover. When I see crisp, square and usually upturned tool pouch corners it is a first give-away that not all is right with the holster. By no means a deal breaker, simply a first warning tha the balance of the holster requires further examination.

lugerholsterrepair · 05-05-2012, 10:49 PM

Look at the buckle & roller..Roller is too short, buckle is too square

The right belt loop is lower than the left!

Top lid hinge is not sewn over into the magazine pouch

Mag pouch is too high and squared off

stitching at the bottom of the left loop to the right for the pull-up is spaced away from the bottom of the loop. Should be an extension of the loop

The interior tool pouch is too fat at the bottom. Out or proportion.

This holster and many other repro's just SCREAM reproduction if you look them over as Doug and Bill have indicated...

Ron Wood · 05-05-2012, 11:50 PM

Geez Jerry, I was hoping you would be a bit more specific as to why this piece of crap is a piece of crap. Guess I will have to figure it out for myself.

alanint · 05-06-2012, 06:59 AM

Sold for $91. A holster available at many reenactor's sites for $25.

Vlim · 05-06-2012, 07:01 AM

$25 for the holster and $66 for dirtying it. Not a bad deal

rhuff · 05-06-2012, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

Geez Jerry, I was hoping you would be a bit more specific as to why this piece of crap is a piece of crap. Guess I will have to figure it out for myself.

I was thinking the very same thing...LOL

04-26-2012, 03:20 PM	#1
Hugo Borchardt User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 370 Thanks: 338 Thanked 131 Times in 47 Posts	Repro eBay holster? Another edition of "Repro or Real"... I am always suspicious when a seller doesn't use "Luger" or "holster" in the title of a listing for a Luger holster. Is this a repro? Are The clues the Straight up belt loops, and the condition? http://www.ebay.com/itm/150802625138#ht_3773wt_698 No offense intended to the seller if it is real... __________________ My militaria collection is dedicated to the memory of my Grandfather, Marine Gunnery Sergeant Dave Hill, Jr., wounded in action at The Assault of the Second Marine Division on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, 20-23 November, 1943. http://www.tarawa1943.com/pages/casualties%20tarawa.htm

04-26-2012, 03:25 PM	#2
saab-bob User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: So Cal Posts: 459 Thanks: 774 Thanked 143 Times in 87 Posts	That holster looks real. WW1 style as it doest have the stiffener piece. My reproduction luger holster looks different Bob __________________ "I think,therefore I own guns"

04-26-2012, 03:40 PM	#3
beachbaker Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: california Posts: 135 Thanks: 27 Thanked 106 Times in 29 Posts	World War I holsters did not have PO8 on them. This did not appear until the P38 came out and the model type was on there to tell them apart. Curt __________________ Curt

04-26-2012, 06:36 PM	#5
saab-bob User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: So Cal Posts: 459 Thanks: 774 Thanked 143 Times in 87 Posts	Hmmm,ever seen a reproduction of a WW1 style luger holster. Live and learn! Bob __________________ "I think,therefore I own guns"

04-26-2012, 06:46 PM	#6
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,615 Thanks: 3,140 Thanked 2,522 Times in 940 Posts	Definately a repro. The PO8 tells us that. Not even a very good repro. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

04-26-2012, 04:34 PM	#4
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	A complete reproduction that somebody has tried to antique. Not only do the belt loops lack the proper cant, but the tool pouch has the classic, squared off edges that characterize most repros.

04-27-2012, 05:17 AM	#7
Sieger User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,575 Thanks: 2,124 Thanked 400 Times in 249 Posts	Hi All: The "fake" German doesn't help either. Sieger

05-05-2012, 09:40 PM	#8
goldwing User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Upper South Carolina Posts: 92 Thanks: 9 Thanked 13 Times in 8 Posts	Fake Holster I agree that this holster is a fake but I have one question. It was mention that the tool holder has square corners. I don't understand this as every holster I have looked at has square corners on the tool holder. Thanks, Bill

05-05-2012, 10:23 PM	#9
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Most vintage tool pouches exhibit some rounding of the corners over time and tend to be flattened against the holster dust cover. When I see crisp, square and usually upturned tool pouch corners it is a first give-away that not all is right with the holster. By no means a deal breaker, simply a first warning tha the balance of the holster requires further examination.

05-05-2012, 10:49 PM	#10
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,760 Thanks: 4,850 Thanked 3,100 Times in 1,426 Posts	Look at the buckle & roller..Roller is too short, buckle is too square The right belt loop is lower than the left! Top lid hinge is not sewn over into the magazine pouch Mag pouch is too high and squared off stitching at the bottom of the left loop to the right for the pull-up is spaced away from the bottom of the loop. Should be an extension of the loop The interior tool pouch is too fat at the bottom. Out or proportion. This holster and many other repro's just SCREAM reproduction if you look them over as Doug and Bill have indicated... __________________ 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."

05-05-2012, 11:50 PM	#11
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 6,987 Thanks: 1,065 Thanked 5,090 Times in 1,675 Posts	Geez Jerry, I was hoping you would be a bit more specific as to why this piece of crap is a piece of crap. Guess I will have to figure it out for myself. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

05-06-2012, 06:59 AM	#12
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Sold for $91. A holster available at many reenactor's sites for $25.

05-06-2012, 07:01 AM	#13
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,034 Thanks: 1,020 Thanked 3,882 Times in 1,186 Posts	$25 for the holster and $66 for dirtying it. Not a bad deal