pommel holsters for a Walker Colt

[tark]

This little tidbit is from the back room at the Arsenal Museum. It is a set of Pommel holsters for a Walker Colt. I'm guessing these are about as rare as the guns themselves.

I have no idea what something like this is worth but I'm guessing it woulds be substantial.

 

[Slamfire]

It is the rare piece of leather that survives that long. Just this week tossed out a bunch of 20 year old leather pieces that had dry rotted and cracked when bent. I am surprised on how well rayskin grips have endured on the swords that I own. Maybe it is the chemicals they were treated with.

This sword can be dated within seven years, something very hard to do with a Victoria Rex sword





The leather scabbard is much more delicate than the grips.

Those holsters tell you something: the Walker was not intended as a belt gun. The book "Packing Iron" shows these holsters made in pairs, attached with a strap with a hole in the center. The pommel went through the middle.

If those holsters had a Government Issue Walker in each, the value of the whole would be amazing indeed!