BRush
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Here are some of mine.
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Vintage - show'em if ya got'em
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jimgoldth
US Veteran
A nice vintage holster is the Bianchi model 45 designed by Jeff Cooper prior to 1966. Designed for a cocked and locked 1911 45acp. It has a forward rake and the pistol is held by fly off safety strap. Jeff Cooper reported that he had made and had photographed quick draw hits in 1/3 second. My example that I let get away from me has a replaced safety strap.
bmcgilvray
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I'm gonna begin with this O. F. Ball holster for a 3 1/2-inch N-Frame Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum. The maker was from my home town of Fort Worth, Texas.
I like these photos. I like this holster. I like the big 3 1/2-inch .357 Magnum revolver. I admit to really liking totin' this combination, even if both holster and revolver are vintage.
I didn't know I had a Brill-ness, but one snuck up on me. To my only barely educated notion, Brill holsters are everything they're cracked up to be by many gun leather aficionados. The workmanship, fit, and usefulness of any Brill holster above a relic grade piece just has to be experienced in person to appreciate. Here are all the Brill holsters on hand except for a recent addition given me by a relative. I haven't even photographed it yet. Perhaps I can photograph it and stick it up here tomorrow.
With the handguns they fit.
I like these photos. I like this holster. I like the big 3 1/2-inch .357 Magnum revolver. I admit to really liking totin' this combination, even if both holster and revolver are vintage.
I didn't know I had a Brill-ness, but one snuck up on me. To my only barely educated notion, Brill holsters are everything they're cracked up to be by many gun leather aficionados. The workmanship, fit, and usefulness of any Brill holster above a relic grade piece just has to be experienced in person to appreciate. Here are all the Brill holsters on hand except for a recent addition given me by a relative. I haven't even photographed it yet. Perhaps I can photograph it and stick it up here tomorrow.
With the handguns they fit.
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Webster uses several adjectives to describe vintage:
old, recognized, enduring interest, important, quality & classic.
Here, left to right, are 7 of my favorite vintage holsters
that fit that description:
Lawrence model 34 with S&W Model 19
Heiser model 728 with 1911 Colt Gold Cup
Myres 614 with S&W Model 29
Chic Gaylord Speed Scabbard with Model 29
Berns-Martin Universal Speed holster with Model 19
Brill with S&W Model 10
Seventrees with Model 19
old, recognized, enduring interest, important, quality & classic.
Here, left to right, are 7 of my favorite vintage holsters
that fit that description:
Lawrence model 34 with S&W Model 19
Heiser model 728 with 1911 Colt Gold Cup
Myres 614 with S&W Model 29
Chic Gaylord Speed Scabbard with Model 29
Berns-Martin Universal Speed holster with Model 19
Brill with S&W Model 10
Seventrees with Model 19
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I'm gonna begin with this O. F. Ball holster for a 3 1/2-inch N-Frame Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum. The maker was from my home town of Fort Worth, Texas.
I like these photos. I like this holster. I like the big 3 1/2-inch .357 Magnum revolver. I admit to really liking totin' this combination, even if both holster and revolver are vintage.
I didn't know I had a Brill-ness, but one snuck up on me. To my only barely educated notion, Brill holsters are everything they're cracked up to be by many gun leather aficionados. The workmanship, fit, and usefulness of any Brill holster above a relic grade piece just has to be experienced in person to appreciate. Here are all the Brill holsters on hand except for a recent addition given me by a relative. I haven't even photographed it yet. Perhaps I can photograph it and stick it up here tomorrow.
With the handguns they fit.
I like Oliver Ball's leather work. I have a black one like the one
you show here, with the dog ear, and it is a favorite.
SAFireman
Member
jimgoldth
US Veteran
This holster looked like a H H Heiser Model 125 shoulder holster but it was stamped Capt. A H Hardy. Another holster I let get away from me. But I did get a replacement for that one.
This A H HARDY Beverly Hills Calif Stamped Shoulder Holster
This A H HARDY Beverly Hills Calif Stamped Shoulder Holster
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Hers another Brill that's new to me and the first black one I've ever had.
Regards,
turnerriver
Regards,
turnerriver
jimgoldth
US Veteran
I needed a holster for my S&W 4006 semi auto 3rd generation pistol. I found this IWB Lawrence Model 22 size 607 holster.
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AZretired
Member
I don't know if this one would be vintage or not.
Looks loike the Safariland holster and 12 loop cartridge carrier I used back in 1978 to the mid-80's.
jimgoldth
US Veteran
I like the classic Jordan Style Holsters and used them by various makers as my Police Uniform Holster for many years until Department Regulations spelled out Exactly what style holster every officer had to carry while in uniform. There was a few years that I could carry what ever I wanted for a service pistol and I chose to carry a S&W model 39-2 9mm. I saw this BIANCHI model 100A and my model 39-2 fit beautifully. I wore this holster for a couple years until a new Chief specified that we all had to wear modern double action revolvers 38 Special or 357 Mag.
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I'm not into vintage leather that much but I do like some of the holsters. These 2 are totin .44's.
Carved is bucheimer for 5" and other fits 4" perfectly.
Carved is bucheimer for 5" and other fits 4" perfectly.
bmcgilvray
Member
"Hers another Brill that's new to me and the first black one I've ever had.
Regards,
turnerriver "
I saw what you did, stealing that one out from under me in such a "shameless fashion."
Good thing it wasn't high noon in the middle of the street for you'd have got me for sure. You're faster on the trigger, you are.
He who hesitates is lost. At least he doesn't get the neato Brill hoster.
Wonder what it fits? I dithered over whether it'd been dyed all while speculating that it was perhaps a fairly uncommonly seen style of Brill. Perhaps a department issued holster?
Regards,
turnerriver "
I saw what you did, stealing that one out from under me in such a "shameless fashion."
Good thing it wasn't high noon in the middle of the street for you'd have got me for sure. You're faster on the trigger, you are.
He who hesitates is lost. At least he doesn't get the neato Brill hoster.
Wonder what it fits? I dithered over whether it'd been dyed all while speculating that it was perhaps a fairly uncommonly seen style of Brill. Perhaps a department issued holster?
This Model 1902 S&W and shoulder holster belonged to my paternal grandfather. In the early 20th Century, he owned a dry goods store in Crittenden, Kentucky, and used this gun and rig to walk his day's proceeds to the bank a few blocks away from the store. No maker's name on the holster.
...and this is an original U.S. Model 1912 swivel holster, surrounded by original M1911 pistols - Colt, Springfield Armory, Remington UMC and A.J. Savage slide. The leg strap on the holster is a reproduction.
John
...and this is an original U.S. Model 1912 swivel holster, surrounded by original M1911 pistols - Colt, Springfield Armory, Remington UMC and A.J. Savage slide. The leg strap on the holster is a reproduction.
John
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It's an original black holster and I'm often the one it got away from. As to what it fits, it's a very small holster, I've tried a pre-war I frame and a little 1930's Colt Police Positive .32, both don't seat as well as I think they should. It's definitely for a small double action revolver, maybe a top break. Whatever it was made for wasn't in it for long, it hasn't seen much use.
Regards,
turnerriver
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