Some help with a holster!

[VPEP]

Hello everyone,

A guy who I thought was a friend sold me this holster as a Viet Cong jungle work shop holster. I happened to see the same holster today listed on ebay as a spanish holster. Can anyone on the forum confirm this. I cant find any other references to a canvas spanish holster anywhere, so if someone can confirm this I would appreciate it greatly.
here are some pics.
http://postimg.org/image/jfip3km0t/
http://postimg.org/image/ieigeg519/
http://postimg.org/image/i35lffdz1/

Thanks in advance,
Vic

[peter monahan]

Vince

Not my field at all, but two things come to mind: machine stitched, which may or may not matter; and the brass stud and bit of leather seem unlikely to have been floating around the jungle. Just my two cents worth.

Peter

[VPEP]

Yeh, I bought it when I was just starting out with the vietnamese stuff. I bought into the story that it was made with salvaged materials. I just want to be sure about this thing before I give it to my nephew for his collection. Fortunately I only paid 20 dollars for it, so it's no huge loss.

[peter monahan]

Could be VC then, I guess. Not sure how you can c onfirm that, though, unless someone has another like it.

[VPEP]

Well, I just saw one on ebay that was described as Spanish military, and it was nearly identical.

[peter monahan]

Well, based on probable numbers made and how they would get to the market, Spanish sounds more likely, IMHO, but as I said earlier, I'm no expert in this area. It comes down to, as always, 'but the object, not the story'.

[VPEP]

I try to remind myself of that, but sometimes excitement gets the better of me.

[peter monahan]

I hear you! Been there, bougt that.