"Tio"
(Uncle) Sam Myers goes back almost as far as George Lawrence. Texas
Ranger John Hughes, lawman Tom Threepersons, General George Patton,
Colonel Charlie Askins, Bill Jordan, and Ed McGovern, are just a few who
passed through the doors of S.D. Myres. In fact, Myres made the first
Threepersons holster for Tom, who entered the shop in the 1920's with the
pattern cut from a tin can. Myers was also the first to produce the
Border Patrol style of holster that was "the" uniformed peace officer rig
for many decades.
Myers opened his leather shop in Sweetwater, Texas in 1897. He moved to
El Paso in 1919, where he became one of the most famous makers of gun
leather in the first half of the 20th century. Sam died in 1953. In the
1970's, the S.D. Myers Co. was sold and moved its operation to Oklahoma.
A look at the current El Paso Saddlery
catalog and comparing it with an old S.D. Myers catalog reveals El Paso
obtained many of the holster patterns of S.D. Myers, which disappeared
shortly after the move out of Texas.
Also, someone
has opened up a company using the S. D. Myres name back in Sweetwater,
Texas. He also makes leather using the old Myres patterns.
For
more information, contact Dave at S. D. Myres Saddle Co., 205 Oak St.
Sweetwater, Texas 79556 (tiodave@wtxs.net).
Click
here for his web site.
Marks:
1) Standard
mark
2) Small mark
Used on small holsters where the standard mark
