The S.D. Myres Co. made holsters & other leather goods up into the 1980's;
a former employee is still using the S.D. Myres name today. A little known offshoot was the Dale Myres Co.
Dale,known as Ted, was Tio Sam's first born son. Although his younger brother Bill ran the S.D. Myres saddlery with their cousin Dace, Ted received a minority interest in the saddlery after Tio Sam died in 1953.
He worked there for a short while in a minor position;in 1956 he struck out on his...

Colorado Saddlery holsters are desirable accessories that are sometimes undervalued, especially compared to the more well known Heiser holsters.CS was started in 1945 by 4 former Heiser employees;their primary business was making saddles & other horse equipment but they also made custom holsters that were very similar to Heiser holsters.CS was one of three makers that made holsters with the Abercrombie & Fitch stamp,the other 2 being Heiser & George Lawrence.This CS holster carries the...

Between 1968 and 1969, S&W shipped 23 (known serial numbers) Model 29-2 revolvers, some frame only, to Aircraft Armaments INC, (AAI), in Cockeysville, MD for conversion to what was known as the Tunnel Gun. After a 3 month field test between July-Oct 1969 in Vietnam, it was renamed the Quiet Special Purpose Weapon (QSPR), after some minor mods were made to the weapon. The changes made were based on recommendations from soldiers from the 25th ID, the 23rd (Americal) ID, and the 1ST ID, who field...

Here is an excerpt from a talk I gave at the recent annual meeting:
George Lawrence stamped the backs of their holsters with size information throughout the 1900’s. They used 3 different systems over the years. The 1st,used pre-war & post-war into the early 1950’s, was a stamp such as this one- 22 32 6.The holster is a model 25 field holster, always one of Lawrence's most popular designs.

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The George Lawrence Co. was one of America's premier holster manufacturers for over 90 years (128 years if you count the company's 1857 origin as the Samuel Sherlock saddlery).The company was owned & operated by Lawrence family members from 1893 to 1985, when Bill Lawrence,George's great grandson, sold the company to Gould & Goodrich.Lawrence enjoyed a special relationship with Smith & Wesson.Roy Jinks was kind enough to check factory records; he informed me that the Lawrence Co. was...