Knife Wounds
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Hey guys, this is pretty neat. Ive got a stamped Spanish Star B sitting next to me.
Two years ago my father in law, we miss you sir, passed three guns to me when it was time. A really neglected family farm 12ga from the 1890's, an old colt pocket .25, and a slightly rusted up Star B.
I was told that my mother in law inherited the Star from her uncle in the 70's. That they had last shot it also in the late 70's, and then it sat in the toolbox they pulled it out of since then. That night I told them it looked like a bringback since it was missing an import mark and Ive never heard of Star's being on the market forty years ago. I was thinking the Korean war, or maybe it was used by allied troops during ww2 for some reason.
So on Saturday night. I'm sitting here with a miller and I pull it out and date it on google like ive done a good number of times. I knew it was ww2 era ish but had forgotten what year exactly. Couldn't they just stamp the year on it for me? Then I take a shot in the dark and google what side used the Star B in ww2. And I find threads about a 2010 import where fakes were brought in. Well thats news, that let me know the Germans used these, and no shite the one in front of me has a less than perfect waffen right where it should be and its even got the issue holster I started seeing on the internet.
Consider me amazed. I am on the net gawking at lugers and p38's and broomhandles and the whole time ive got a bringback sitting in my safe. Now I dont know how the uncle got it, i'm going to have to research if and where he was stationed. But both our sides have a lot of military service in them so this isnt completely crazy. Not like were some liberal family who farms organic peace daisies in Utah or something.
So here's some pic's. If you have any pieces to the puzzle let me know. I found its brother on an auction site with a serial number 30 digits off that says it was used by the German navy.
Its had a few CLP baths to stop some small rust spots. I have no idea how to care for a holster this old, can I give it a coat of leather moisturizer??
Two years ago my father in law, we miss you sir, passed three guns to me when it was time. A really neglected family farm 12ga from the 1890's, an old colt pocket .25, and a slightly rusted up Star B.
I was told that my mother in law inherited the Star from her uncle in the 70's. That they had last shot it also in the late 70's, and then it sat in the toolbox they pulled it out of since then. That night I told them it looked like a bringback since it was missing an import mark and Ive never heard of Star's being on the market forty years ago. I was thinking the Korean war, or maybe it was used by allied troops during ww2 for some reason.
So on Saturday night. I'm sitting here with a miller and I pull it out and date it on google like ive done a good number of times. I knew it was ww2 era ish but had forgotten what year exactly. Couldn't they just stamp the year on it for me? Then I take a shot in the dark and google what side used the Star B in ww2. And I find threads about a 2010 import where fakes were brought in. Well thats news, that let me know the Germans used these, and no shite the one in front of me has a less than perfect waffen right where it should be and its even got the issue holster I started seeing on the internet.
Consider me amazed. I am on the net gawking at lugers and p38's and broomhandles and the whole time ive got a bringback sitting in my safe. Now I dont know how the uncle got it, i'm going to have to research if and where he was stationed. But both our sides have a lot of military service in them so this isnt completely crazy. Not like were some liberal family who farms organic peace daisies in Utah or something.
So here's some pic's. If you have any pieces to the puzzle let me know. I found its brother on an auction site with a serial number 30 digits off that says it was used by the German navy.
Its had a few CLP baths to stop some small rust spots. I have no idea how to care for a holster this old, can I give it a coat of leather moisturizer??