W. KINSEY & CO. MARKED CAVALRY HOLSTER FOR THE .44 CALIBER COLT AND REMINGTON REVOLVERS

W. KINSEY & CO. MARKED CAVALRY HOLSTER FOR THE .44 CALIBER COLT AND REMINGTON REVOLVERS

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Item Code: 1304-99

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William Kinsey had been a harness maker in Newark, NJ, before the war and as William Kinsey and Company had a number government contracts for leather gear. According to Bazelon, Vol. 1, these included one on Dec. 14, 1863, for 15,000 sets of cavalry accoutrements (which might have included holsters) and another on May 21, 1864, that specifically mentions 1,033 cavalry holsters among other gear, though these are likely not the company’s only contracts for them. We are currently offering two Civil War holsters by the firm, both nicely marked, one with a postwar alteration of the belt loop for carrying on a wider cartridge belt- a nice, Indian War period alteration- and this one, retaining the Civil War belt loop for the saber belt with the 1863-65 innovation of using a stronger double line of stitching in a semicircle and three rivets to secure the loop and a similar strengthening of the latch tab attachment by a semi-circle of stitching instead of a straight line, and also using a rivet.

The holster is complete, with latch tab, belt loop and toe plug in place and good seams. The maker’s mark is fully legible neat the edge of the flap: “W. KINSEY & CO. / NEWARK-N.J.” The holster is solid, keeps its form with or without a pistol in it, and will fit either a Colt or Remington .44 caliber Army Revolver. The black finish has good color overall, but shows rubs and wear spots, typical crazing with some flaking at points of flexing- along the top edge of the flap, etc. It has not been treated with any polish, leather dressing or preservatives.

This is a strong example of the regulation Civil War cavalryman’s holster that would display well with a cavalry belt rig or pistol. For details on U.S. military holsters we highly recommend Scott Meadows’ book on the subject.  [sr] [ph:L]

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