Holy crap, that is a genius way to keep your thread! Stops it from unraveling all over the place, but it's still fast and easy to pull out a length. I need to find a place to buy some. I did not realize how badly I needed those until I knew they existed.
OLD LEATHER SMITH here, Great Job Harry, Suggestion, I have found that rubbing it in with the hand provides the heat needed 2 penetration the leather more completely, I will admit it is a bit messy, GOD'S BLESSINGS ✝️⚾🙃
Thank you sir! This is a very useful, well-demonstrated, and explained basic guide for maintaining vintage leather products that many people will appreciate and find helpful. I've used Neat's Foot Oil in the past myself, and it is quite economical and effective for preserving leather. It was a good choice for restoring your vintage bag. As a light oil, I think it can have a tendency to soften many leathers as well though, so when I don't want that to happen, as with shoes and boots for example, In those cases I prefer to use wax and oil compounds, either commercial or home-made. I think bee's wax compounded together with such things as mineral oil, cocoa butter or shea butter, and a bit of odorless mineral spirits using mild, careful heating methods, also makes good, economical, and flexible alternatives to the Neat's Foot Oil used alone. I finish and maintain most of my leather projects with it as well. Such commercial products as "Sno-Seal" and Obenhauf's also work equally well.
Yeah, I've been using Sno-Seal for thirty years. The important thing is to warm the leather. Inside a car on a summer day for a couple of hours works great. You want the leather to melt it not your hands so it really penetrates.
I bought a LV bag gtdupe years ago. I took it to the LV store in my town last week to have it repaired. The store clerk inspected my bag and immediately told me that the bag was of good quality. She pulled a current bag out of inventory and compared the tags and I found zero differences
Hi Harry. I recently restored an old leather briefcase and it's so encouraging to see that the decision I took to liberally apply neatsfoot oil to the old leather, is supported by your use of neatsfoot oil. Thanks for your great skill contributions to us other leather workers.
Great video. I have the same question about the Montana refillable pen and the Feedings spirit based pro dye. I am wondeirng whether this would suit repairing the worn corners of a 20 year old green soft leather handbag as well as the cracks all along the strap ore whether one of the leather paints on the market would be better?
Thank you for this informative video! 😊 I would like to refurbish my suede backpack, but is neatsfoot oil also suitable for suede? And when i re-dye it, could that rub off on my clothes? Thank you!
Very nice, now you can stuff it with a paper to give it a proper shape. I was just reading about neetsfoot oil that it deteriorates leather over time, because it goes rancid. Hard to believe any info nowadays. Did the bleed dry out and changed the color, or the other side kept having that oily patch?
I’ve burnt my leather bag - it was leaning against a too hot radiator 😢 can it be fixed? There’s a dark patch that doesn’t smell burnt but is now discoloured.
Great job just wondering your thoughts on Kiwi Saddlesoap. I use this as a first step to clean the years of grime off of leather. I wipe it off with a moist microfiber cloth and let dry completely for about 24 hours. Then I apply mink oil (looks like a balm) with finger tips all over the leather a d let that soak in for a few minutes and then wipe off and buff.
Hi its a refillable marker pen with leather dye in it. If you Google art shops and street graffiti you should find one...Montana is a trade name for it.
Hi Harry, sorry to ask you this here but I don’t have an email. I wonder if you might know of any product that would clean oil/grease out of leather. Where the grease has contacted the leather it has gone a dark colour and the surrounding area of a leather sofa is a lighter distressed brown. Thank you.
Very nice little bag, reminds me of those Eastern Bloc military map cases. The refillable marker idea is great, I may have to get one of those for tidying up my leather knife sheaths 👍
