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rednichols: Have this old slim jim, marked "H.Grangpre".
Do you see that maker in your book.......Thanks.............Jim
Sorry, not listed. When one finds a truly old maker, it will virtually always (if it's marked at all) be marked with his "postal address": name, the word 'maker', and city/state. In those days, mail sent using only those details would always be delivered because of city directories readily accessed by the postal service. These directories even stated the person's trade and employer. So, for example, the now-famous August Brill is listed in Austin city directories around 1910 as a clerk working for W.T. Wroe & Sons, a leathergoods maker and dealer.

When this complete 'postal address' (it's not really a 'cartouche' or 'seal') is missing, the item tends to be 'late'; that is, later than the key period of 1850-1950. Otherwise they're not marked at all, because they are 'hardware store' holsters to be sold as proprietary items by the local shop. Exceptions to all this, of course, such as Shelton-Payne Arms, which was a gun dealer in El Paso that sold holsters marked with its own name.
 
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