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Old 10-02-2016, 04:38 PM
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crsides: That unmarked Brill you show in #28 above might well be even
more rare than a Brill. Red Nichols told me about a maker in Austin named
Mr. Rabensburg, who made a holster in 1906 for John Hughes who later
became Captain of Texas Rangers. The holster looks very much like the
Brill, but August Brill was still an apprentice or salesman at W. T. Wroe
in Austin. He didn't start his own business until 1912.
I googled the Rabensburg holster and found some good photos and
information at: 2007 Minnesota Weapons Collectors Association,
Volume 22, ussue 1, dated January 2008. Pages 13 & 14.
Apparantly Rabensburg didn't use a makers mark, it is said that his
initials are on some of his holsters.
You may have the holster that taught August Brill how to make his
famous design.
Let us know if you find any initials on it.
CORRECTION: Rabensburg put the owners initials on the holsters.
Not his own initials.
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