A FEW DOG EARS

crazyphil · #1 05-29-2018, 04:46 AM

My little collection of dog ears, so far. Left to right, top row:
Barranti
Gaylord
Seventrees
Brauer Bros.
Heiser
Lawrence
Ball
Bianchi
Middle row:
Safariland
Rybka'
Shipley
Sparks
Bell Charter Oak
Myres
Bucheimer Hank Sloan
Chisholm's Trail
Bottom row:
Wolfram Wolf
Wolfram Blazer
Wolfram Colt
Wolfram S&W
Maverick
Unknown
Evaluator by Heiser
Crump

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rednichols · #2 05-29-2018, 05:50 PM

You've got 'the sickness', Lucky B :-/

crazyphil · #3 05-29-2018, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by rednichols

You've got 'the sickness', Lucky B :-/

I know. It's chronic and there is no known cure.

les.b · #4 05-29-2018, 06:39 PM

Good grief!!! No wonder I've never seen one of those things!!! They all live in Idaho!!

Thanks for sharing woth us, though, Phil!!

Best Regards, Les

rednichols · #5 05-29-2018, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by crazyphil

I know. It's chronic and there is no known cure.

So, perhaps, the moniker that will stick will be neither CrazyPhil, or LuckyB, but Sick B. Just don't go wearing your NRA hat backwards.

crazyphil · #6 05-30-2018, 10:24 AM

I think you would agree that being crazy is kind of a sickness.
I've always been crazyphil but it kept me from going insane.
Thanks Waylon Jennings.

bronco45 · #7 05-30-2018, 12:34 PM

Wow, too bad they are all right hand holsters! Having worn S&W Model 19s and 66s concealed for years as a plainclothes officer, I always appreciate a "dogear" holster.

crazyphil · #8 12-04-2020, 01:03 AM

I wanted to pull this old thead back up again for a couple of reasons:

Every now and then someone asks me what a "dog ear" holster means.
F.B.I. Agents, Texas Rangers, and other Lawmen found that the their
F.B. I. holsters and Sunday holsters allowed the revolver's hammer spur
to rub against their jacket lining and shred the material. Some of them
would slip a rubber pencil eraser over the spur for protection.
Then some smart maker extended a leather tab up to form a barrier
between the hammer spur and the jacket lining. Some called it a hammer
protector, some called it a hammer shield or shroud. Tex Shoemaker
called it a clothing protector, which is what it was designed for. Texas
Rangers called it a "Dog Ear".

Every now and then I hear or see someone referring to the dog ear as
a Hank Sloan style. Hank Sloan's holster was produced in 1966 by
Bucheimer. It is shown in my photo, at the top of the thread, middle
row, next to last on the right. Hank's patent was not for the dog ear.
His patent was for the adjustable welt. The dog ear first showed up in
the late 1940s and early 1950s. I have one by Wally Wolfram made in
the late 1940s. Heiser was making them for the F.B.I. in early 1950s.
Chick Gaylord's appeared in 1958. John Bianchi told me that the holster
Wally Wolfram designed, was probably the first commercially successful
holster with a dog ear. Wally was a mentor to a young John Bianchi.

So now I hope you know what a dog ear is, and that it was not invented
by Hank Sloan.

turnerriver · #9 12-04-2020, 06:36 AM

Here’s a photo of FBI firearms instructor Hank Sloan, I can’t see a holster.
Regards,
turnerriver

crazyphil · #10 12-04-2020, 07:35 AM

He appears to be a lefty.
By the way, in the photo at the first post, bottom row, far left,
is the little dog ear holster made by Wally Wolfram when he was
a police officer in Albuquerque, N.M. in the late 1940s.

ThinManX · #11 12-04-2020, 10:37 AM

Love the dog ears.

Igiveup · #12 12-04-2020, 01:51 PM

That Barranti , the first holster shown, is sure good looking.

crazyphil · #13 12-04-2020, 02:47 PM

I agree. Here is a better picture of the Barranti.

Claymore33 · #14 12-04-2020, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazyphil

I wanted to pull this old thead back up again for a couple of reasons:

Every now and then someone asks me what a "dog ear" holster means.
F.B.I. Agents, Texas Rangers, and other Lawmen found that the their
F.B. I. holsters and Sunday holsters allowed the revolver's hammer spur
to rub against their jacket lining and shred the material. Some of them
would slip a rubber pencil eraser over the spur for protection.
Then some smart maker extended a leather tab up to form a barrier
between the hammer spur and the jacket lining. Some called it a hammer
protector, some called it a hammer shield or shroud. Tex Shoemaker
called it a clothing protector, which is what it was designed for. Texas
Rangers called it a "Dog Ear".

Every now and then I hear or see someone referring to the dog ear as
a Hank Sloan style. Hank Sloan's holster was produced in 1966 by
Bucheimer. It is shown in my photo, at the top of the thread, middle
row, next to last on the right. Hank's patent was not for the dog ear.
His patent was for the adjustable welt. The dog ear first showed up in
the late 1940s and early 1950s. I have one by Wally Wolfram made in
the late 1940s. Heiser was making them for the F.B.I. in early 1950s.
Chick Gaylord's appeared in 1958. John Bianchi told me that the holster
Wally Wolfram designed, was probably the first commercially successful
holster with a dog ear. Wally was a mentor to a young John Bianchi.

So now I hope you know what a dog ear is, and that it was not invented
by Hank Sloan.

That is why my friend G.Gordon Liddy got his tailor to sew a patch of sailcloth inside his suit jacket where the MOD 19 and 27 hammer rubbed on his jacket.

CQB27 · #15 12-04-2020, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazyphil

I wanted to pull this old thead back up again for a couple of reasons:

My wish is that you would pull a lot more of your old threads up! So much to learn for the novice like me that I missed out on the first time. I like logging in and finding stuff like this. These "old" threads are so packed full value it's almost like stealing, lol.

crazyphil · #16 12-04-2020, 04:13 PM

That is a good suggestion CQB27, and I won't have to think so
hard for a new original thread. Just drag up an old one. Any
particular subjects you wonder about?

rockquarry · #17 12-04-2020, 05:26 PM

I'm not a holster, gun belt, or knife guy, but do have an Oliver Ball holster I got about forty years ago with the purchase of the S&W revolver that was in it. I suppose I'm easily impressed as I don't really know what a good holster is, but this appears to be a very well made holster; looks brand new, though I'm sure it was used at least a little. I have no idea when it was made, but I'm guessing in the '50s.

CQB27 · #18 12-04-2020, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by crazyphil

That is a good suggestion CQB27, and I won't have to think so
hard for a new original thread. Just drag up an old one. Any
particular subjects you wonder about?

Info on the makers laced holsters. I love the look of laced holsters!

And

Makers of old school cop holsters, both duty and concealed!

AND

Everything you posted with pictures of you collection. Man, I could stare at those all day.

crazyphil · #19 12-04-2020, 06:08 PM

Oliver Ball was a Lt. on Ft. Worth PD (homicide detective). He made
holsters for graduates from the police academy and for many Texas
lawmen. It was a lucky day when I picked this one up on ebay.

LPD256 · #20 12-04-2020, 06:14 PM

Phil-Always enjoy looking at your collection. I only have one dog ear. A black Oliver Ball for a 4 inch N-frame. I’m officially jealous.

LPD256 · #21 12-04-2020, 06:26 PM

Oops, sorry. It’s for a 4 inch K-frame shown with my 1952 Pre-18.

CQB27 · #22 12-05-2020, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by LPD256

Oops, sorry.

I wish I could suffer such sorrow, lol.

LPD256 · #23 12-05-2020, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CQB27

I wish I could suffer such sorrow, lol.

I had a senior moment. I decided to take a picture with a 4 inch 28 and it didn’t fit as I remembered. So I got out my birthday Pre-18 from 12/52. Fit like a glove.

bruce5781 · #24 12-05-2020, 06:48 PM

I have only one dog ear, an old Myres. Doc Barranti had to do a restoration for me because someone had butchered the welt.

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Bill Bates · #25 12-05-2020, 10:44 PM

Not sure this Evaluator Ltd. holster with my 19 counts as a dog ear or not.

crazyphil · #26 12-06-2020, 12:15 AM

I'm not sure without seeing the back of your old Evaluator, but I believe it
was made by Heiser for Evaluators who provided them to the F.B.I. Is
there a number 759 on the back?
Here is a picture of my Heiser model 759 for comparison.
I removed the retention strap. It was an ingenious solution
to a non-existent problem.

Bill Bates · #27 12-06-2020, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazyphil

I'm not sure without seeing the back of your old Evaluator, but I believe it
was made by Heiser for Evaluators who provided them to the F.B.I. Is
there a number 759 on the back?
Here is a picture of my Heiser model 759 for comparison.
I removed the retention strap. It was an ingenious solution
to a non-existent problem.

That is the one. My is stamped Evaluator Ltd. 759 CM4. The Early 19 and the holster came to me together.

crazyphil · #28 12-06-2020, 02:02 PM

Yep, your 759 was made by Heiser for Evaluators, who provided
them to the F.B.I. The CM could mean Combat Magnum
(model 19/66) or Combat Masterpiece (Model 15/67).