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Originally Posted by crazyphil
Thank you for that additional information Red. Up until now, I had been
using Tan Kote just to give some dull holsters a little additional shine.
Here is a before and after example. It is a Threepersons style with dog
ear, by Shipley of Kansas City. I don't know how old it is but quite old.
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You DO know how old it is, Phil :-). Think about it: if it has a welt inside the main seam, then beginning with the 1930s. Then the hammer guard appeared when Myres invented it, in the 1940s. Then the mark you haven't shown (always show the backside) can be compared with early Shipley marks.
It bears a striking resemblance to both the Myres, and the later Lawrence. You have one in pigskin as I recall :-). Chas. Shipley himself d. in the 1940s and his family continued in the business for some years after.