worth restoring?

Roadkill · 06-27-2003, 06:51 PM

http://www.bands.sck.pl/index.php?action=Listings&cat_id0=1&cat_id1=7&cat_id2=23&i tem_id=527

rk

lugerholsterrepair · 06-27-2003, 09:10 PM

RK, I just bought one of these just about like this one. Tops are the hardest things to find for these. I can make any part required but it obviously better to find originals. I plan to mold one for mine and see if it turns out good enough. Hard to say about value really. To restore this one you are probably looking at $150.00, new hinge, top, cleaning rod flap etc and whatever else it might need. Oddly, from the front it looks normal but from the back it looks cutdown. Jerry Burney

Navy · 07-08-2003, 09:08 PM

RK,
I buy these when I can find them at a reasonable price and send them to Jerry Burney to use as parts (PLL for us Army guys) on future repairs. It has worked very well so far. But there was that one time when a $600 holster...but that is another story.
Tom A.

Big Norm · 07-09-2003, 12:45 AM

Tom,
are you still mad at losing that navy holster on Ebay to a sniper? I was looking at it until I saw your name.
Big Norm

Pete Ebbink · 07-09-2003, 11:23 AM

So Tom A., if you do not mind,...please tell us what was "right" about this commercial Navy holster...so we can become a bit smarter about such things...

This amatuer was convinced it was a repro, until I saw that you had placed a bid...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2181420128

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

John Sabato · 07-09-2003, 11:46 AM

Me too... I would love to know how to distinguish this holster from a repro...

This holster looks 'old' but not old enough to me to be genuine... My initial thoughts were that it was a repro holster from about 3 decades ago...if it is really a genuine Navy holster... what are the signs to look for...

this leather and the brass closures just don't look to be early 19th century to me...

06-27-2003, 06:51 PM	#1
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,632 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	worth restoring? http://www.bands.sck.pl/index.php?action=Listings&cat_id0=1&cat_id1=7&cat_id2=23&i tem_id=527 rk

06-27-2003, 09:10 PM	#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	RK, I just bought one of these just about like this one. Tops are the hardest things to find for these. I can make any part required but it obviously better to find originals. I plan to mold one for mine and see if it turns out good enough. Hard to say about value really. To restore this one you are probably looking at $150.00, new hinge, top, cleaning rod flap etc and whatever else it might need. Oddly, from the front it looks normal but from the back it looks cutdown. 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."

07-09-2003, 11:46 AM	#6
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,150 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	Me too... I would love to know how to distinguish this holster from a repro... This holster looks 'old' but not old enough to me to be genuine... My initial thoughts were that it was a repro holster from about 3 decades ago...if it is really a genuine Navy holster... what are the signs to look for... this leather and the brass closures just don't look to be early 19th century to me... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" /> __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

07-08-2003, 09:08 PM	#3
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	RK, I buy these when I can find them at a reasonable price and send them to Jerry Burney to use as parts (PLL for us Army guys) on future repairs. It has worked very well so far. But there was that one time when a $600 holster...but that is another story. Tom A.

07-09-2003, 12:45 AM	#4
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Tom, are you still mad at losing that navy holster on Ebay to a sniper? I was looking at it until I saw your name. Big Norm

07-09-2003, 11:23 AM	#5
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	So Tom A., if you do not mind,...please tell us what was "right" about this commercial Navy holster...so we can become a bit smarter about such things... This amatuer was convinced it was a repro, until I saw that you had placed a bid... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2181420128 Regards, Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />