[Detroit-1]

Got this today for what I think is a good price. Only around 80 to 85% but I couldn't pass it up. The holster tool pouch is small a tool will not fit. Were 41 marked Lugers have a smaller tool?

 

[Detroit-1]

Heres some more. Sorry about the first to pictures wrong gun.

 

[Jason S L]

My leather bdq 41 He has a short tool pouch, the tool was trimmed down a little bit to accommodate. I have two other bdq 41s but they are pig skin. I could check those tool pouches if you wish

 

[Jason S L]

Thanks for the additional pictures, mine is a leather as well with pigskin tool pouch. It is definitely a little short and the tool it came with was ground down a little extra on the tip to accommodate

 

[Detroit-1]

Thanks for the info. I wonder why they did that?

 

[Jason S L]

Thanks for the info. I wonder why they did that?

I think the pouches must have been stitched too tight, this was done at times by forced labor so it’s hard to say exactly. I can give you the address for the factory if we want to pursue it further. I think to accommodate the smaller pouch they made slight adjustments to the tools. My bdq 41 came with a slightly shortened tool and I gave it away thinking it was weird , but then realized I broke up history 🥲 . I discovered the short pouch and heard this was a practice from an experienced collector , you live and you learn. You and I don’t know each other, but if both our bdq 41 holsters have small tool pouches, we can surmise that it’s a pattern, lol. See we made a discovery. I’ll check my other bdq holsters and see how the tool pouches are on those.

 

[Jason S L]

I actually was able to get a tool in but I assure you it had a shortened tool that must have been with it a long time

 

[Edward Tinker]

I've had them so tight, I don't think you could get a tool in, and assume they have shrinkage over the many years.

 

[Greg G]

Seems like a lot of things shrink over a number of years.

 

[Bronson33]