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THREEPERSONS/FBI STYLE HOLSTERS
Left to Right:
Heiser with triple H makers mark (identical to 457)
Heiser 457 marked MP4 (Military & Police now known as Model 10)
Lawrence #34 FBI Extra Quick Draw (up to 5" barrel)
Heiser 757 oxblood color floral carved
Myres 614 (?) floral carved
All above shown with S&W Model 10 with 4" barrel.
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I am a big fan of the Threepersons holsters and have a few. I have a Myres like number five - mine has a retention strap.
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03-07-2016, 11:11 AM
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Has always been my favorite style. Own a peck sack full for both double and single actions....
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Great holsters ALL! I like that style too!
First, I have been told that this Myres holster was called their "Ranger Threepersons" model. I think it is different from what you normally see:
Second, This is an El Paso Saddlery version:
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I like that style too!
I have been told that this Myres holster was called their "Ranger Threepersons" model. I think it is different from what you normally see.
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That holster deserves a bunch of "LIKES". Larry
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boykinlp....You always display some nice looking leather. I have a large collection of vintage holsters as I suppose most of us do. maybe someday we can work up an old Indian trade............................M*
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H.C. Leather Maker Holster.
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03-10-2016, 10:44 AM
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boykinlp....You always display some nice looking leather. I have a large collection of vintage holsters as I suppose most of us do. maybe someday we can work up an old Indian trade............................M*
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Mblhopo,
Thank you very much. I don't have a large collection, but I have some that I am very fond of and I think I have pictured all of them on this forum. Guns got so pricey that I started collecting/accumulating holsters, now they are getting pricey too. 
We all love pictures of vintage holsters! Start some threads, we would like to see some of your vintage stuff!!
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boykinip There is a Myres very similar to yours on ebay right now..
Asking only $350
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boykinip There is a Myres very similar to yours on ebay right now..
Asking only $350
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crazyphil, the one on ebay is similar. It looks to be the more common jockstrap style.
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Several references I have, including an article about the El Paso Saddlery Co., tell us that Tom Threepersons was not the creator of 'his' holster; that article quoted Fred Ohlemeyer, famous holster inventor who was 'there' -- both when Threepersons was in the Myres shop, and when the article's author was in the EPS shop for the story.
This second reference, is from a posting elsewhere, and is also first-person:
Some years ago I was passing through El Paso, and decided to stay overnight. With nothing better to do I decided to see if I could find anyone connected to the old S.D. Myres Saddlery Co. I eventually came across a “William Myres” in the phone book, and remembered that Sam’s son’s name was Bill. I dialed the number and hit pay dirt.
He was indeed Sam’s son, and he just got out of the hospital. Ill health had forced him to sell the company, but he was working with one of the Texas university history departments going through old letters and records that might involve famous people. He was obviously in a mood to talk to someone, and I was more then willing to listen.
He told me how his father had started the business in Sweetwater, but later moved to El Paso. In both places he was equally or more famous for his “parade saddles” as he was for gunleather. I learned that the renowned Threepersons holster had been named after that legendary lawman, but not designed or invented by him. That honor should belong to a Mexican foreman in the Myres shop. However the elder Myres wisely named his more popular rigs after famous people, such as Charles Askins Jr., Bill Jordan, and Threepersons of course. He had many endorsements (with pictures) in his catalogs and they undoubtedly helped increase sales.
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Red the Threepersons holster is a legend in my opinion. Webster said "a
legend is a story from the past, regarded as historical, but not verifiable."
It is a fact that Myres was a promoter. When I look at the Heiser along
side the Myres and consider the time frame, I even wonder if the Tom
Threepersons was conceived in myres shop.
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