evstringer Posted March 14, 2009 Share #1 Posted March 14, 2009 This a 1911 holster that I bought around 1966 in Albuquerque, New Mexico for $2.00. I recall there was a large box full of them and another box full of shoulder holsters. I got it to carry my Colt 38 Super but put it away when my brother made me a nice flap holster that I thought would be less rough on the finish on my pistol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evstringer Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share #2 Posted March 14, 2009 closeup of marking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artu44 Posted March 14, 2009 Share #3 Posted March 14, 2009 You should have bought both boxes. It's a super condition WWII item, which months ago would have easy reached 100$ value on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evstringer Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted March 14, 2009 You are right. And that would have done a lot better than my Maddoff investments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtpcamaroz Posted March 14, 2009 Share #5 Posted March 14, 2009 Wow, very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchbuff Posted March 14, 2009 Share #6 Posted March 14, 2009 Mint holsters like this bring a premium. I think you might be surpised at what you could get for it. My guess would be quite a bit more than $100.00. Now, get in that time machine and grab the rest of them, and the shoulder holsters too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted March 14, 2009 Share #7 Posted March 14, 2009 NIce holster.I managed to pick up a Milwaukee Saddelry last summer and it still has most of the original wrapping paper on it. Were the holsters all missing the wire belt hanger?Just curious as I have seen this before and wonder if it was a common surplus modification when sold after the war. RD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artu44 Posted March 15, 2009 Share #8 Posted March 15, 2009 It's easy to see if an holster had hanger removed or somply forgotten. See at http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...mp;hl=craighead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evstringer Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share #9 Posted March 16, 2009 Thanks to all for the responses. I removed the hanger fairly soon after I got it because I was wearing it on a regular wide leather belt and thought the hanger was in the way. I kept the hanger for a long time but apparently it got lost or thrown away during one of the several moves I made. Below is a picture of the hanger area – there are some marks but they look different than the ones artu44 pictured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artu44 Posted March 16, 2009 Share #10 Posted March 16, 2009 Thanks to all for the responses. I removed the hanger fairly soon after I got it because I was wearing it on a regular wide leather belt and thought the hanger was in the way. I kept the hanger for a long time but apparently it got lost or thrown away during one of the several moves I made. Below is a picture of the hanger area – there are some marks but they look different than the ones artu44 pictured. Marks are differents because hanger two ribs wasn't straight then only ribs point leaved marks. Too bad this kind of holster has a steel hanger and it's quite difficult to replace it straightening one side of a spare one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted March 22, 2009 Share #11 Posted March 22, 2009 You should have bought both boxes. It's a super condition WWII item, which months ago would have easy reached 100$ value on ebay. Holster, shmolster The Colt Super 38 that rode in it could be worth thousands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evstringer Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share #12 Posted March 22, 2009 Holster, shmolster The Colt Super 38 that rode in it could be worth thousands! My pistol was made in 1964 so it is not worth thousands, however it is worth a whole lot more than the holster I pictured above. The holster that my brother made for me in the 1960s is what is most valuable to me. It is one of a kind and he is not around to make any more for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted March 22, 2009 Share #13 Posted March 22, 2009 That looks like about 95-100% blue left to me! Nice Colt Super, that's a pistol I don't often see. Beautiful pistol Your brother was quite a craftsman. Did he do that as a pastime, or was he a pro? I ask becasue that looks like quite a professional job I just bought my first Colt yesterday, a 1903 hammerless made in 1920. Very excited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evstringer Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share #14 Posted March 23, 2009 Thanks for your nice comments Chris_B. My brother was an electrical engineer and worked with advanced top-secret computer system projects at Sandia Laboratories from 1962 until he died in 1993. He did leather tooling as a hobby to relax from the pressures at work. He liked doing the lacing too. I tried making a holster for my Ruger Single Six and it is not anywhere nice as the ones he made. He had to do the lacing for me because I just could not do a decent job of it. He also enjoyed calligraphy and was very good at it. Congrats on the Colt 1903 - I would be excited too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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