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Originally Posted by crazyphil
I have a black basketweave that will look better with the Brill-Persons
holster. I got that 1.25" belt because the Chic Gaylord Combat Speed
Scabbard has 1.25" loop, but the Brill does also. Maybe that would
date the Brill back toward the end of Newt's holster making days in
the 50s? I remember belts were quite narrow in the 50s and 60s.
Some even more narrow than the 1.25". I didn't wear belts in the
40s. Levis with no belt. Seems like men, at least working men like
my Dad, wore wider belts in the 40s.
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Remembering that authentic Brills were made for the Rangers as
concealment holsters, on a narrow billeted belt worn just below the pants belt -- so, not through the pants loop. Here's just one image, that may or may not be a Brill (it looks quite like a Voss, which was a knockoff of the Brill, because of the pointy muzzle shape):
ranger burnett (1).jpg
So: 1-1/4" to 1-1/2" for the Brill's belt tunnels in general, because they were created for the Rangers to hide. But not worn on belts through the pants loops, so that trend up and down is not relevant as we assume, because it is today.