Info On Viking Holster?

[ropescourseman]

I found a leather holster at a guy's junk store. The man said it was his, and he said he couldn't remember exactly but probably got it around 50 years ago. He said it could be anywhere from the 1940s to the early 1960s.

The holster is a pancake design with basketweave and it has a small stamp that says "Handmade in Mexico" and "Viking" together.

Does anyone know about Viking? What the backstory on it would be? It looked like a nice holster, but nothing extraordinary.

[Luke Hatley]

I found a leather holster at a guy's junk store. The man said it was his, and he said he couldn't remember exactly but probably got it around 50 years ago. He said it could be anywhere from the 1940s to the early 1960s.

The holster is a pancake design with basketweave and it has a small stamp that says "Handmade in Mexico" and "Viking" together.

Does anyone know about Viking? What the backstory on it would be? It looked like a nice holster, but nothing extraordinary.

A PHOTO WOULD HELP IDENTIFY THE HOLSTER....

[AKRob]

I found a leather holster at a guy's junk store. The man said it was his, and he said he couldn't remember exactly but probably got it around 50 years ago. He said it could be anywhere from the 1940s to the early 1960s.

The holster is a pancake design with basketweave and it has a small stamp that says "Handmade in Mexico" and "Viking" together.

Does anyone know about Viking? What the backstory on it would be? It looked like a nice holster, but nothing extraordinary.

LOTS of Viking brand cheap holsters around the Southwest.

They knocked off everyone's designs and made inexpensive, sometimes functional leather holsters. MY dad carried a Llama 22 in a hair side out (too slick) inside the waist band rig for several years.

I can't locate a history, website or any other real info on them.

A picture would be handy.

Edited March 4, 2010 by AKRob