Vintage steel & leather (pics)

[crazyphil]

Les & Richard, a while back our Holstorian, Red Nichols, enlightened me
about the spring type holster that you both show. That style was first
made by Lewis, like mine shown below on the left. Then by Clark, like
the two that you show. Red even thought Lewis and Clark might have
been one and the same because they had the "too short" spring in common.
Then it progressed to Bucheimer-Clark who lengthened the spring,
such as in their Sheriff model, shown 2nd from left.
Friday carried his model 10 2" barrel in a clip on Lewis on Dragnet.
Malloy on Adam 12 carried his backup also in a Lewis clip-on.

 

[StrawHat]

No picture of holster and revolver but i am working on it. In the interim, here is front and back of my oldest holster. Milwaukee Saddlery, 1944.

Kevin

 

[lestert357]

 

[RKmesa]

Terry:

Beautiful K-38, Beautiful Holster and Wonderfully Expressive Photos!!!

Thanks for sharing,

 

[Dewy12]

Where do y'all find all this gorgeous leather. I never see this stuff. Great thread.

 

[elm_creek_smith]

How about vintage steel, aluminum, and leather? S&W Model 12-2 ('63), Tyler T-Grip ('60s), and a Clark 41 2 holster ('60s (best guess)) that has darkened with age. This was my daily carry until back and hip troubles forced me to carry something even lighter. When I get better Old School goes back to work.

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[bamabiker]

Does vintage style count? Two for 5" N frames and one for a 6.5" N frame.

 

[jimgoldth]

Back in the 1980s there was a lot of talk about modifying Police Revolvers to D A only because of an incident where a police officer somewhere was holding an armed suspect with his cocked and accidently tripped the trigger accidently killing his suspect. As a Police Firearms instructor I shot thousands of rounds every year and I never cocked a hammer on the range. Just to see how much trouble it would be to modify a S&W revolver to DA Only I had a Model 67 that I was not using so I handed it to my gunsmith and asked him to modify it to DA Only. A couple weeks later he handed me my model 67 with the modifications. It was DA Only, the square butt was rounded to round butt. the hammer was bobbed, there was a set screw in the trigger to prevent over travel and the DA trigger pull was very smooth and light. For shooting I loved the Pachmyre compact rubber grips which the revolver now wore. It would be perfect if we were required to go to DA Only. I did replace the wizzed main spring. I also needed a holster so I took my BIANCHI model #8 and cut back the strap and put on a new snap. The round butt wood grips look better

 

[Toyman]

How about a Colt New Service in 45 Colt Shipped to R.C.M.P. in October 1940 with a duty holster.

 

[crazyphil]

I don't know how I have neglected to put this holster in this thread. It has
become one of my favorites. My friend Red Nichols sent me an email about
a year and a half ago alerting me to a Eubanks holster, that as Red said
"has my name all over it".

I was a bit reluctant, because I generally only buy holster if I have a gun
that will fit. But it grew on me, so I entered the bidding. To my surprise
I won the bid for about sixty bucks.

It is a Mexican Loop style, floral carved and rawhide laced, Cordovan in
color, made by Eubanks. The gun that it was made for is Colt's Single
Action Cavalry model (7.5" barrel). I bought the Denix replica.

The Cordovan gun belt is by Texas Gunslinger. The silver Navajo
buckle was made by Nezzi. The knife and sheath are by Bear.
The hat is a Stetson Open Road.

 

[nate-dogg]

S&W 57-1 in a left hand Safariland

 

[jimgoldth]

I had a number of Lawrence Holsters but did not have any of their Challenger models which was a low cost holster to compete with the Hunter holsters. My good friend Tom sent me several. This one fits the S&W model 41 with the 5" light field barrel.

 

[SAFireman]

Here is an A.W. Brill and 1919 Colt that I am pretty fond of.

 

[bruce5781]

Colt Super 38 in an old Heiser flap.

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[turnerriver]

Model 29-2 in a Myres carved & laced holster.
Regards,
turnerriver

 

[crazyphil]

I haven't seen a lot of Myres laced holsters, but that is a nice one John.
Does it have a model number? 614, 624 or does the lacing make it a
different number?

 

[jimgoldth]

My oldest Geo. Lawrence Co. STEERHIDE Portland, Ore. holster is this model 25 size 38 6" that has been cut years ago to be used for a 4" 38 M&P. The brass snap cover has the letters G L C o. in the circle in the center. My pre 10 nickel M&P 4" with Grashorns Gunworks Grips.

 

[.357magger]

Happy I recently ran across this 1930s vintage Eubanks of Idaho latigo laced full flap for my 6" 1928 1905 M&P .

Still in great shape and works just as well now as it did when new.

 

[jimgoldth]

Most of my holsters have been bought used but I found on an auction site this 1996 SAFARILAND Model 28 low silhouette new old stock holster which I won for a bid of 1/4 of the original retail price. Of course there was a auction fee, packaging fee, and shipping fee but the cost was a total of less than 1/2 the original retail cost. It is a great fit for my S&W 3913 9mm.

 

[jimgoldth]

I have been told by several people that they could not wear a shoulder holster for 5 minutes but I do like a covered up shoulder holsters for carrying a big revolver or semi auto. This vintage Red Head 180 8 R works well with full size 1911or a 4" M&P revolver.

my favorite shoulder holster for years was this early 1970s SAFARILAND model 101 Shoulder holster which I got a lot of use out of but just a few years ago i noticed that the SAFARILAND Sight Track did not last. I believe that later Sight track material is better on later Safariland holsters.