My First Holster!

IndianaBlues · Post by **IndianaBlues** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 7:47 pm

Hi guys, saw this in portobello road street market in london last weekend on a WW1 militaria stall and thought it would do the part...I know it probably isn't very accurate, but if anyone knows more about its history I'd be interested to know!

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The leather's in pretty good condition, they had a better condition one and a worse one, but I liked this distressed-type look that this one had!

IndianaGuybrush · Post by **IndianaGuybrush** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:24 pm

It's an old .45 Webley Holster from WWI. I have on eexactly like it that I picked up off of an undisclosed auction site. The screen accurate Raiders holster is cut for a 4" barrel, not a 6" barrel which is what the old .45 Webleys carried, but other than that this is basically the "big brother" holster of the Raiders holster. It has the same flap type opening and the plug on the bottom. Very nice acquisition!

PS - Those of you more experienced members feel free to elaborate or correct anything I left out/got wrong.

Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:29 pm

I really have to get to Portobello Market. One post talks of MK VII bags, this one shows this incredible holster. What's next: an original Raiders Jacket with Harrison Ford's name in it?

That is a beautiful holster. Congratulations.

Kentucky Blues · Post by **Kentucky Blues** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:31 pm

Excellent find, other Blues

I really like it, wish I had one. I'm attracted to the simplicity in it.

Regards,
Daryl.

IndyBlues · Post by **IndyBlues** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:45 pm

Yeah Blues, that is one heck of a killer holster you found there.
Close enough for me, if not exact. I think it's perfect. Congrats.

IndyBlues, the other COW Blues Brother

RonC · Post by **RonC** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 12:16 am

Excellent find, IB! My congratulations to you!

IndianaBlues · Post by **IndianaBlues** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 5:42 am

Woo, so not far off then! They had two more on the stall, one was in better condition and was £20 (probably about $36), mine was £15....thinking about it the other one they had was an old beaten-up one that I think had a shorter barrel, which I think was £10....hmmmm....might take another trip.....

...if anyone's in the london area it was the militaria stall on the opposite side of the street to the Red Lion Antiques centre (near the HSBC bank)...I kept my eye open for MK VIIs but this stall seemed to be WWI only

jack · Post by **jack** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 12:07 pm

well indy's bag is near the same as the british box gas mask, at sof they're 10 pound

jack

ob1al · Post by **ob1al** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 2:12 pm

I saw this holster in Person last week - it was nice..it was very nice.

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 4:39 pm

So did I, and it's even prettier in real life.

Have you figured out what those loops on the side are yet?

Regards,
Swindy

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 4:44 pm

Those "loops" are for a cleaning rod. It would look like a fat, iron stick with a ring at one end (for your finger) and a needle eye at the other (for threading a cleaning cloth through.) You'd use this to clean out the barrel and cylinders. I have a 1895 Russian Nagant revolver with a flap hoster that has the same thing, except that it still has the cleaning rod.

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