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Originally Posted by Dennis The B
I believe S.D. Meyers made General Patton's holsters and belt. He carried his engineer's compass in a leather handcuff case.
El Paso Saddlery does make a duplicate of the S.D. Meyers leather that General Patton wore.
Most people believe that he wore both revolvers all the time. I believe there may be only once or twice when he wore both. Most of the pictures I've seen, show him with one or the other.
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Although those two are the most famous he actually didn't wear either that often and mostly preferred carrying the Remington 51 in .380 or the Colt 1903 and 1908 hammerless in .32 and .380 and even a snub nosed Colt .38 spl. He complained the others were too heavy. Patton was all about the image, and it wasn't always true to life. The peacemaker and the 27 were for show when he knew the cameras were on him, but he really didn't like lugging them around; he had a 1911 also, but considered too heavy as well.
Funny for a guy who said such things about the M-1 Garand.