Another Unusual Holster

Papa Lee · Jan 3, 2025

Lawlors was a Nebraska Sporting goods company in existence from 1896 to 2000. Since 2000 they apparently just make and sell screen printed sportswear.

This basket weave and border tooled holster for a 1911 or Super .38 has an unusual "X" straps tie in from the front loop to the belt loop. I don't recall seeing another like this. The staples at the top and bottom of the edge might suggest it may have been made for Lawlors by Brauer Bros. in St. Louis.

Does anyone else have an unusual holster to share?

turnerriver · Jan 4, 2025

A good friend found this holster and gifted it to me, it’s unusual and practical. The second holster was made by the same maker, I call it a bikini holster.

Regards,

Papa Lee · Jan 10, 2025

Unusual Gunsite Proto Holster

Gunsite Prototype Holster for a Colt Commander. Possibly made by Davis Leather Company for Gunsite. A variation on an Askins Avenger style. I called Gunsite and they don't know anything about it. I also called Dave Cox at Davis, but he is not answering the phone. (There is a Holster maker named Proto, but I don't believe there is any connection there.)

Is anyone on this forum familiar with Gunsite Prototype holsters?

Kansasgunner · Jan 10, 2025

Very cool holster! Is there a piece of "spring steel" in the reinforced area for tension?

Papa Lee · Jan 10, 2025

Yes, there is a piece of steel sewn in.

turnerriver · Jan 11, 2025

That’s a very interesting holster, Lee. Davis is a good guess IMO.
Here are a couple more.
Early Thad Rybka holster I found in Alabama back in the 1970’s. I carried a Commander in it at the time.

A Jos. Diekan holster. Ed McGivern listed this maker Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting.

Regards,

Papa Lee · Jan 12, 2025

Unusual Thompson Inc. Holster

I still have this Thompson Stagecoach exposed cylinder holster for my old Colt Detective Special. And I still find it to be interesting...

AlHunt · Jan 12, 2025

Papa Lee said:
I still have this Thompson Stagecoach exposed cylinder holster for my old Colt Detective Special. And I still find it to be interesting...

So do I.

Is there a spring in it?

Edit: I'm going to guess there's a spring under the reinforcement, holding the top closed?

max503 · Jan 12, 2025

How's this for unusual? I've never seen another like it. It's a Don Hume.

Papa Lee · Jan 12, 2025

AlHunt said:
So do I.

Is there a spring in it?

Edit: I'm going to guess there's a spring under the reinforcement, holding the top closed?

Yes, there is a strong spring.

boykinlp · Jan 14, 2025

Papa Lee said:
I still have this Thompson Stagecoach exposed cylinder holster for my old Colt Detective Special. And I still find it to be interesting...

Wow, that’s a really cool holster. Thanks for sharing.
Larry

snubbyfan · Jan 14, 2025

Dunno how unusual it is but my most difficult holster was this thumb break cross draw for a J frame snubby.

Papa Lee · Jan 16, 2025

Wolf & Klar Holster?

Behold this "Fancy Mexican" holster probably made by Ingersoll Leather Co. Houston, TX, (the presumed supplier of Wolf & Klar's leather goods). The turquoise dye on the inner decoration has faded over the years and the edge lacing has become a bit brittle, but it still carries the revolver. I know there have been several Wolf & Klar holster posts in years past, but thought I would include this fully suede lined, rawhide edge laced example for a S&W 5" M&P in this post of unusual holsters.

Kansasgunner · Jan 16, 2025

Another Wolf & Klar holster, four inch N frame on this one. Not nearly as well preserved as yours Papa Lee!

Kansasgunner · Jan 16, 2025

Probably my most unusual holster is this pocket “holster “ from Pachmayr. The J frame revolver fires and reloads with this contraption attached.

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turnerriver · Jan 17, 2025

The only one I’ve ever seen-a Brill with a hammer protector. It fits a 4” N frame revolver. I purchased it years ago from an old Texan at the Tulsa show.

Regards,

Baxter6551 · Jan 17, 2025

I remember that Pachmayr plastic holster being advertised in the police magazines for backup gun carry. It fit the pocket and kept the gun vertical in the pocket.
Some really cool and beautiful holsters in this thread.
I’ve made my own knife sheaths never attempted a holster.

Papa Lee · Jan 17, 2025

N. Porter Phoenix, AZ Holster

Newton Porter was born in the late 1850's. He began to learn the art of saddle making in his teens by serving an apprenticeship with a St. Louis, MO saddle maker. By 1875, he had opened his first saddle shop in Taylor, Texas which was an immediate success. However, in 1881 a fire wiped out the shop and Newton Porter closed his business and moved to Abilene, TX where he opened another shop and continued working in Texas over the next 8 or 10 years.
In 1895 Newton Porter moved to Phoenix, Arizona where he established the N. Porter Saddle & Harness Company, which became one of the finest saddleries over the next 70 years, employing two dozen or more master craftsmen, who tooled and sewed the saddles.
The N. Porter Saddle & Harness Company remained family owned and operated until the closing of the business in the mid 1960s, turning out more than 36,000 saddles (and some holsters) over the years.
I have owned other N. Porter holsters, but none as unusual as this dual cut out model for a Colt SAA. The stitching around the cut outs leads me to believe that it came out of the N. Porter saddle shop that way, but to what purpose?

Dialogike · Jan 17, 2025

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This is an H.H. Heisler holster gifted to me by my father-in-law for my 1948 Super 38.

Papa Lee · Jan 21, 2025

O.J. Snyder holster

An unusual O. J. Snyder, Denver, Colorado holster for the S&W Regulation Police revolver. Of the Denver saddle makers, the O.J. Snyder Saddlery, in operation from 1899-1930, was regarded by some as the finest for the working cowboy because of the fact that O. J. Snyder saddles were custom fitted to a cowboy's need. I have only seen 2 other O.J. Snyder holsters and am guessing they did not make many.

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