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Roy's Pancake holster question
I just won this holster at auction.I needed a good quality holster for my S&W 4" 1926 3rd Model. (not my gun in the pics....)
$26 plus the freight. Any ideas as to when it was made?? Anyone here know anything about the maker?
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11-29-2015, 11:46 PM
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Era of manufacture was several years ago. Top quality holsters
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11-30-2015, 12:51 AM
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Looks like a Roy Baker from Magnolia, Arkansas.
I have one which says on the back-
In the oval top- ROY'S LEATHER
Middle of oval - GOODS
Bottom of oval- Magnolia, ARK
Below oval - PATENTED
Below that - 36
Mine is a black LH J Frame.
Here's the patent- hey- I had an Uncle who had a patent on a tractor toolbar.
Patent US3731858 - Gun holster - Google Patents
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Roy Baker. The Pancake Maker. Introduced a new concept into holster design called the pancake in the 1970s. The design has been borrowed by almost all other makers.
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Looks as if you're trying to cram an N-frame gun into a holster meant for a K-frame.
I had a Baker back in the 1970's and liked it.
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Surprisingly Baker's stitchline at the trigger guard was a bit unconventional and the OP's fitment is correct. The thumb snap wouldn't close otherwise, for sure; even the small change from standard to target hammer on the same frame can upset that, much less wrong frame size.
Bakers without the "Original Pancake" mark were made in the 70s and I recall he'd passed away by the end of that decade. His concept left an indelible mark on the holster industry and Safariland (not Bianchi by Safariland, how confusing) even calls theirs a pancake; likely because there is no one living to be bothered by that.
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Red is right as rain.
Even if he does drive on the wrong side of the road and keeps yelling
'Tie me kangeroo down.'
My Roy is marked 36.
My 2 inch 63 won't snap up.
However, my 3 inch 60-10 fits just fine.
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Everyone has nailed the answer to your question. Roy Baker was a true craftsman and innovator in the leather holster business. Most major manufactures have copied his design to some extent. My only comment on your holster is that it appears to me to have originally been a 'brown' finish and someone has blackened it. Roy's original black didn't fade like that. ....
My first holster obtained for concealed carry of a Colt Gov't Model is a brown Roy's Pancake. It is now 45 years old and I still use it when carrying a Colt 1911 is my choice. .......
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