1916 Holster and Take Down Tool Help Please
Article about: I picked this up at a small local gun show. It came with a matching number take down tool. This looks like a WWI holster converted during WWII for police issue. I am not smart enough to know
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Great looking holster! Wish I could help more than this but to my (untrained eye) it looks like a standard P08 holster that's seen some use. I was looking over a video on an artillery P08 and the back of it has different stitching which would still be visible if one of those holsters was converted for a standard P08.
Time stamped to the back of holster shot: Sturmtruppen Firepower: The Artillery Luger - YouTube
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Politefaun, this one is a converted military holster to Police use as witnessed by the buckle strap being removed with empty stitch holes. I have looked closely and it is not an artillery modified holster as there is no stitching holes remaining from the cleaning rod pouch being present.
John
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I agree with Phil, I would think the wire stitching is relatively recent (might be fuse wire) and a careful restitch by a skilled leather worker would be well worth while.
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Thank you for the replies and information. Evidently the take down tool is a post war East German (Vopo). I am disappointed in that. I just did not know enough about tools to know or understand the differences. The value in my mind and in reality, decreased as well with a Vopo tool. I think this on is a candidate for the stitching to be repaired. Jerry will make it look good.
John
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