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(01-29-2019, 05:02 PM)FireWood Wrote: Wow, great site. That one is going to cost me!
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Years ago, way back in the fifties and sixties I was a little bit into leather work..and what was generally used on leather that was not going to be polished, was Neatsfoot Oil..I can testify that it is a great leather preservative because I still have my Marine Kabar and leather scabbard that I wore every day all through the Korean War...it's hanging on my wall and still in great shape after more than sixty-five years...nothing is better for a leather preservative that I know of and it is still available at a very attractive price from Lowes, Amazon etc.
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Getting to this late, because we were away. Nice project.
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We used neatsfoot oil to condition our baseball gloves.
Smells good too. Memories of childhood.
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(01-31-2019, 05:24 PM)Gary G™ Wrote: We used neatsfoot oil to condition our baseball gloves.
Smells good too. Memories of childhood.
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What the heck is a "NEAT" and how do they get the oil out of it's foot??????? Inquiring minds want to know......
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Need to bend a length of metal rod....so the holster will hang from a web belt.....hmmmm, wonder what could be fitted into old magazine pouches? Like the ones for the M1911's mags.....
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What the heck is a "NEAT" and how do they get the oil out of it's foot??????? Inquiring minds want to know......
Rendered fat from cattle legs and feet. Not hooves. Neat is from an Old English word for cows.
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I'm glad to see that leather-sewing is a do-able craft! I struggle with it...
I just decided to upgrade my car's steering wheel, on the first warm break after the Polar Vortex freeze. This is a Wheelskins USA cover, an approximate fit given my wheel's fat spokes and lumpy spots. It's now sewed on and it will "break in"... a huge improvement in comfort compared to the factory plastic.
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Have to try some neats foot as well(always wondered what it came from, now I know). A few more things to make so as I get to them I will bring everyone along for the ride. Be a week or so my wife would really like me to get a cabinet finished. Sadly not retired so it takes longer.
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We buy and use neats foot oil. A gallon will last a long time.
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