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Originally posted by merlindrb:
I can understand the attraction of these. The quality is just remarkable.
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What I see is that the quality of the guns is complemented by the quality of the leather. I'm fairly certain that the quality is a function of the great depression and the availability of skilled labor at very reasonable prices. The same factors would have been in play with leather workers as at the gun manufacturers. It seems that a lot more pride existed then, and the drive that created the wonderful guns and leather was replaced after WWII with a drive toward volume.
That deterioration continued for a lot of years after the war, too. Both the guns and their holsters are worth seeking. Until recently, they weren't really sought after. While we've been accused of driving up the prices (correctly), many of them are only rising to a more reasonable level.