Know anything about these holsters?

[WVMountainBoy]

A friend at my station came in this morning with two apparently high quality holsters that he said were given to him. One is a bucheimer FMA355 (a very nice brown belt holster) and the other is stamped S&W (the actual logo) and the numbers 43 32 with no other apparent markings. If anyone has any leads as to what weapons these fit and of their approximate value please give please share :) Both are in 80-90% condition. Thanks for your time and knowledge guys

[Dumpster Baby]

That's going to be a tough one. J.M. Bucheimer is out of business, and the old S&W Leather Company of the Bangor Punta era is gone, too. The current S&W holster line has completely different stock numbers. It will probably come down to Googling and looking at a LOT of eBay and Gunbroker auction listings to ID your holsters.

Heck, I've got some old Don Hume Jordan holsters that someone would have a hard time identifying, and Don Hume is still in business. Same for old Bianchi and Safariland holsters. Last week I decided to see what Jordan holsters were going for these days, and the only ones I could find were from El Paso Saddlery and a few high-end custom makers. All the classic holster makers dropped almost all their revolver stuff years ago.

The pistol holster business must be a nightmare to be in, with hundreds of make/model/attachment variations possible. There's new models out every week it seems.