Wolf & Klar Fancy Mexican

[bruce5781]

Thanks to the efforts of quinn and turnerriver, I came into possession of this fine Wolf & Klar Fancy Mexican holster for my 1917 Commercial.

Catalog pages snagged from one of quinn's posts from a couple years ago.

Regards,
Bruce

 

[SAFireman]

Wow! Extra fancy!

Your going to have to find a snazzy outfit to go with all that bling

 

[bruce5781]

Wow! Extra fancy!

Your going to have to find a snazzy outfit to go with all that bling

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Regards,
Bruce

 

[SS336]

Very cool outfit there! Would be proud to wear that around just to show off.

The revolver and holster……not the suit.

 

[boykinlp]

Great holster, Bruce. What are the interior lacings made from? From the catalog pictures, they appear to be a different material from the normal lacing around the outside of the holster. BTW, are the catalog pictures from a Wolf & Klar catalog? Thanks for sharing.
Larry

 

[54ball]

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Regards,
Bruce

Man!
That reminds me of Hank Sr. Maybe because the manikin is so skinny and slightly hunched over.

 

[Bald1]

Get some pearl grips and have a Bar B Q just to show off the ensemble

 

[quinn]

Bruce, that holster just belonged to that gun! Glad they got together at last!

 

[SAFireman]

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Regards,
Bruce

All you are missing is a 10 gallon hat and some roach-killer cowboy boots

 

[AlHunt]

The fine stitching - it looks like it was tediously hand sewn. Can anyone confirm or refute that? It looks saddle stitched.

Also, there are some broken stitches - does re-sewing it hurt the value of something like that?

 

[rednichols]

The fine stitching - it looks like it was tediously hand sewn. Can anyone confirm or refute that? It looks saddle stitched.

Also, there are some broken stitches - does re-sewing it hurt the value of something like that?

Oh my, it is not hand sewn. That's machine sewing that was commonly available by the late 19th century, and the W&K catalog images are from the company's 1930 issue. All Brills from 1905-1961 exhibit this machine sewing yet the main welt stack is sewn by hand.

The many rows of fine machine stitching is a hallmark of 'made in Mexico' then and still today: didn't use glue for the linings so all is held in place by the sewing. Same with Brills, one reason being that the holster folds readily during assembly without the glue and resists mightily when glue is used; to the point that a steel hammer m/b used to flatten the fold.

 

[AlHunt]

Oh my, it is not hand sewn. That's machine sewing that was commonly available by the late 19th century, and the W&K catalog images are from the company's 1930 issue. All Brills from 1905-1961 exhibit this machine sewing yet the main welt stack is sewn by hand.

The many rows of fine machine stitching is a hallmark of 'made in Mexico' then and still today: didn't use glue for the linings so all is held in place by the sewing. Same with Brills, one reason being that the holster folds readily during assembly without the glue and resists mightily when glue is used; to the point that a steel hammer m/b used to flatten the fold.

Gotcha. I think I see it now in the bottom left corner of the 3rd picture down. It looks like the bottom thread has pulled out but I can see a few places where the top stitch is still pulled down into the hole. If I'm interpreting what I see right.

Definitely trying to learn about holster construction and want to eventually try my hand at a loop holster.

 

[rednichols]

Gotcha. I think I see it now in the bottom left corner of the 3rd picture down. It looks like the bottom thread has pulled out but I can see a few places where the top stitch is still pulled down into the hole. If I'm interpreting what I see right.

Definitely trying to learn about holster construction and want to eventually try my hand at a loop holster.

Let's see, I started with my first home-made holster in 1968 while a police cadet; then 50 years in industry; so it will only take you 54 years to get fully caught up .