Still haven't found camera, so no photo, but:

I recently got a black, plain, Heiser dog-ear stamped on the back with 11 above the oval Heiser logo and 469 below, and with hand-inscribed notations "Black" and "M P 4". It has no belt tunnel or loop, and no safety srap. At the upper part of the back there is sewn a semi-circle with the open diameter at the bottom, and a male snap in the approximate center of the half-circle.

On a hunch, today I dug through the pile 'o holsters and found a Jay-Pee "semi-shoulder" rig. The metal tongue on the Jay-Pee's belt-attachment "contraption" fit well into the sewed-on semicircle, and the snap on the Jay-Pee snapped right onto the Heiser.

I'd be interested in any Heiser catalogue pictures or descriptions out there.

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Here you go.
Regards,
turnerriver

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turnerriver

Adding to turnerriver's correct information, that model appeared during Heiser's ownership by Keyston that began in late 1950; and in this case with their 1952 catalog that was the first to call the combined operation "Heiser-Keyson" despite the time lapse.

It's yet another of Bucheimer's patents (another being the thumbsnap) that many others ended up making anyway for some reason. This kind of thing is encouraged when a P.D. or federal agency puts out a solicitation to bid; which folks neither know nor understand patents. That doesn't then mean any and all can make 'em despite the patent; instead it means that people are encouraged to find a way, that they would not ever have contemplated, to compete for the business.

The 'barrier to entry' for concealment gear was generally lower than for the uniform business, especially technology and of course intellectual property. Nowadays I reckon these two barriers keep nearly everyone out of Safariland's marketplace; which company doesn't even try to make the best concealment holster. They just make sure theirs is the technology and patents that get specified :-).

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Red Nichols The Holstorian

You guys are super-quick as usual. Thanks for the info.

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I had something like it back in the late 70's but mine was a brake front. i carried a Charter .44 Bulldog in it. Wish i could find one for a "J" frame. that I could afford.