DevilDog72
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Maker specfic- Heiser
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Poor crazyphil only has 6 Heisers so far.
The first one I ever acquired was this old FBI model. It has the elongated
triple H, but no model number. I also have a black one that has the 457
model number and the football shape maker mark. They are identical.
2nd from left is a 459 made for Evaluators. The 9 in place of 7 indicates
the hammer protector.
3rd from left is an oxblood 757. 7 instead of 4 means carved.
4th from left is a 759 much like L&Os above. It is carved and
has the hammer protector.
5th from left is model 713 or maybe 718. They stamped one over the
other. It was made for VL&A. Carved and Laced. Made for Colt's
Official Police, but my S&W Model 19 fits ok.
The first one I ever acquired was this old FBI model. It has the elongated
triple H, but no model number. I also have a black one that has the 457
model number and the football shape maker mark. They are identical.
2nd from left is a 459 made for Evaluators. The 9 in place of 7 indicates
the hammer protector.
3rd from left is an oxblood 757. 7 instead of 4 means carved.
4th from left is a 759 much like L&Os above. It is carved and
has the hammer protector.
5th from left is model 713 or maybe 718. They stamped one over the
other. It was made for VL&A. Carved and Laced. Made for Colt's
Official Police, but my S&W Model 19 fits ok.
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............................and tripped over the best Holster I have ever found in many years of looking for them.
A full flap, floral tooled, laced edge Heiser with a matching cartridge belt.
Holster marked 731 and with pencil .45 Colt 7 & 1/2.
Will try to get better pic up tomorrow.
Tony could you re-post these pictures where we can see them again? And this is my kind of zombie thread!
bmcgilvray
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We'll stick this holster up in here.
I like the keen-looking maker's mark on this one. The style of marking is said to have been used between 1890 and 1910. I feel sure the holster was produced expressly for the Colt Model 1903 .32/1908 .380 rather than the Remington Model 51, which was introduced in 1918 and produced until 1927, though Remington sold off inventory of these into the 1930s.
Still, the little Remington .380 automatic fits so perfectly that it makes for an appealing combination. Perhaps a proper Colt will come along one day.
I like the keen-looking maker's mark on this one. The style of marking is said to have been used between 1890 and 1910. I feel sure the holster was produced expressly for the Colt Model 1903 .32/1908 .380 rather than the Remington Model 51, which was introduced in 1918 and produced until 1927, though Remington sold off inventory of these into the 1930s.
Still, the little Remington .380 automatic fits so perfectly that it makes for an appealing combination. Perhaps a proper Colt will come along one day.
Superb, terrific, awesome, fantastic,.........there are many more words to describe your holster, but I think you get the idea!
We'll stick this holster up in here.
I like the keen-looking maker's mark on this one. The style of marking is said to have been used between 1890 and 1910. I feel sure the holster was produced expressly for the Colt Model 1903 .32/1908 .380 rather than the Remington Model 51, which was introduced in 1918 and produced until 1927, though Remington sold off inventory of these into the 1930s.
Still, the little Remington .380 automatic fits so perfectly that it makes for an appealing combination. Perhaps a proper Colt will come along one day.
That must really be an old timer. I haven't seen that Heiser
mark before. Very nice. Prized possession.
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Hard to know on those bloody Heiser stamps. This mark was presented in leather, to Hermann's grandaughter when she was a 'young girl' amongst the other marks we know so well. She was born in 1922 so it would appear that this mark was still 'in use' by Heiser in 1930 (previously I had deduced she was born right after her parents marriage but FindAgrave corrects me on this).
One has to consider the possibility that this set of stamped leathers represented all the stamps they had ever used; and were not necessarily still in use. Two stamps are missing from the image of all these stamped leathers: the Heiser Denver on two lines, and the Heiser Denver on one line; both surrounded by a box (which is where these stamps got the misleading title of 'cartouche', an Egyptian symbol). In fact they are more of a postal mark; mail to Heiser in Denver (or any other maker with its name and city/state) would always reach its destination because the P.O. had city directories at the ready.
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rburg
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Looking at the snap, it appears to still have some black paint on it. I've been told that the black snaps were used prior to 1930 or prior to the war. From time to time I run across a fully black snap, not one with the black partially or most worn off. Anyone know?
THE PILGRIM
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Smith&WessonTearGas
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Hello,
I believe I sold all my Heiser leather items and holsters except one tooled floral shoulder holster. I did have a Heiser Blackjack/Sap, Heiser hand cuff case and heiser gun belts. I mostly collect SD Myres and Exotic Leather holsters. I have had Fred Mueller, RT Frazier, Lawrence and one very special Apache made holster. I will add some photographs later.
Regards
Smith&WessonTearGas
I believe I sold all my Heiser leather items and holsters except one tooled floral shoulder holster. I did have a Heiser Blackjack/Sap, Heiser hand cuff case and heiser gun belts. I mostly collect SD Myres and Exotic Leather holsters. I have had Fred Mueller, RT Frazier, Lawrence and one very special Apache made holster. I will add some photographs later.
Regards
Smith&WessonTearGas
Smith&WessonTearGas, welcome to the forum and we look forward to your photos. I've searched long and hard for a good maker marked sap and have yet to find one.
Pilgrim, I've never seen that model Heiser before, could you show the back of it ?
Dick, the brass and black snaps were used pre WW II, plain brown or black enamel snaps with HEISER DENVER stamped on them were first shown in catalog number 40, my example has a 1942 dated Heiser post card in it.
Here's two recent acquisitions. The combination pocket belt holster fits a 4" M&P and the other holster was made for a 1st series Match Target Woodsman and was special ordered without a safety strap.
Regards,
turnerriver
Pilgrim, I've never seen that model Heiser before, could you show the back of it ?
Dick, the brass and black snaps were used pre WW II, plain brown or black enamel snaps with HEISER DENVER stamped on them were first shown in catalog number 40, my example has a 1942 dated Heiser post card in it.
Here's two recent acquisitions. The combination pocket belt holster fits a 4" M&P and the other holster was made for a 1st series Match Target Woodsman and was special ordered without a safety strap.
Regards,
turnerriver
THE PILGRIM
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Hey Turnerriver -
You got me!
I thought it was a Heiser but it's not!
It's actually says J. M. Bucheimer 1968 on the back of my holster.
That might explain why you have never seen one!
Sorry about that!
You got me!
I thought it was a Heiser but it's not!
It's actually says J. M. Bucheimer 1968 on the back of my holster.
That might explain why you have never seen one!
Sorry about that!
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The N-frame holsters are hard to come by. I'm just guessing,but it could well be that most revolvers of the period,other than the SAA, were made on a smaller frame,thus the preponderance of holsters for those guns. This is one of only a couple of holsters that I own which is actually marked for an N-frame. In this case,for a .38/.44 OD with a 6 1/2" bbl.
f.t.
I like when these threads are brought back up, because I will go back and look at all the pictures again, and see things I didn't pay enough attention to the first time. Bobby, I really like that holster. It even has most of the black enamel on the snap that is often worn off. Also, are the grips on the gun KB's? They look very nice too!
If you search you will find Maker Specific threads for SD Myres and Lawrence too. We would love to see your pictures of your holsters there!
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