Restoring Old Holster

I picked up this old Tex Shoemaker holster from one of the local gun shops. The shop owner had died recently and his daughter gave me the holster and told me that I could have it so I could do something with it. I got the holster to use for my Smith M & P .38 to compete in the NYS Police & Fire Games. (I love to compete with the old wheelguns up against polymer frame autos).

Here is the holster after I got it home and cleaned the dirt and dust off of it.

I took the holster and used some black Kiwi leather dye and coated the holster with a couple coats. Then I took some leather polish and went over the whole thing. Here is how it turned out.