John,

Just to show how trivial we collectors can be, I've got a trivia question.

Do you know if the tooling patterns that Myres used on each holster were the same for all holsters of that model and varied by model number?

In other words, the pattern for the picture of the 614 in the catalog, your holster, and mine all look very similar. The camera angle is different for each picture but the similarity looks to be there.

If that is the case, and a copy of those patterns is available, it could be a quick method of identifying each model. It would be even more interesting if variations of the same pattern could be shown over the years that the holster was produced to help date them.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and resources on this interesting topic.

Bob