mawkie
C&R Whisperer
-I've previously mentioned how I have a habit of grabbing accessories for specific firearms that I don't own but are on my bucket list. Figure the gun will follow. So a dozen years ago I got into a little p*ssing match in an auction with Dennis Todd, the Class 3 dealer out of PA. Dennis has a good eye and we both went after the same late war pebble grain P38 holster. I prevailed even though I didn't have a late war P38 to go with it. I had started a search for a Spreewerke and figured the holster would go well with it.
-Little did I know that it would take me this long to find the holster a proper mate. I recently found a candidate and asked friend somd_mustangs for his opinion. It was a late war Second Alphabet series with A prefix SN which put production in April '45. With somd_mustangs approval in hand I decided to make a strong play for it. I had to put on my big boy collector pants and pay market value, which goes against my bargain hunter instincts but sometimes you do what you gotta do. And this was such a solid example that I had to step up in order to get it.
-She showed up tonight and other than some very light edge wear in a few spots it's pristine and numbers matching. Has all the features of a late production Spreewerke including the cvq manuf. code.
-The holster has little wear and you can see the mark on the inside of the flap where a P38 frame tang snuggled. Some of the rough features of this holster didn't surprise me considering when it was assembled. Stuff like the belt loops being made of two different thickness pieces of leather and the flap latch appearing to come from a Hi Power holster. Very much cobbled together but functional, the P38 fits it like a glove.
-Little did I know that it would take me this long to find the holster a proper mate. I recently found a candidate and asked friend somd_mustangs for his opinion. It was a late war Second Alphabet series with A prefix SN which put production in April '45. With somd_mustangs approval in hand I decided to make a strong play for it. I had to put on my big boy collector pants and pay market value, which goes against my bargain hunter instincts but sometimes you do what you gotta do. And this was such a solid example that I had to step up in order to get it.
-She showed up tonight and other than some very light edge wear in a few spots it's pristine and numbers matching. Has all the features of a late production Spreewerke including the cvq manuf. code.
-The holster has little wear and you can see the mark on the inside of the flap where a P38 frame tang snuggled. Some of the rough features of this holster didn't surprise me considering when it was assembled. Stuff like the belt loops being made of two different thickness pieces of leather and the flap latch appearing to come from a Hi Power holster. Very much cobbled together but functional, the P38 fits it like a glove.
