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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

    Leather Preservative Experiment

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    • jimmyJ
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      This is great!!

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      • bagley920B
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        Giles, should have added a 5th with just olive oil haha

        If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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        • GilesG
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          Consider it done…..

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          • GilesG
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            OK, so this is 5 minutes after the olive oil application…...

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • SeulS
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              Brilliant stuff here!.. Really comes in handy!.. Thanks, G!..

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              • bagley920B
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                I think my belt will be heart healthy very soon!

                If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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                • mvbM
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                  great idea monday and mr.g

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                  • RedStripeR
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                    look forward to seeing the updates, great idea

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                    • GilesG
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                      On the basis that we can't have too much comparative data, here they are after 6 days outside:

                      I'll apply the potions again tomorrow….

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • J
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                        I wonder what kind of oil is in Obenauf's… I don't think it's neatsfoot, though neatsfoot oil does tend to darken leather quite a bit

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                        • GilesG
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                          I think that part of the reason that the Ober Oil sample is so dark is that it is very fluid, so it soaks in big time….

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • GilesG
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                            The appliance of science…....Well some oils......

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • ChuckDenimC
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                              Olive is my favourite.

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                              • simoncS
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                                Can you do a suppleness, bend or texture test to see which has softened more?

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                                • GilesG
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                                  I will after a few months.  Pretty pointless imo after a week….G

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    Wandered past the experiment a few mins ago.  It is raining here, this is what we have got….........

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    • madmondayM
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                                      wow, look at the way the water beads up on some.

                                      head high, middle finger higher

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                                      • bagley920B
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                                        I still like the color of the olive oil best

                                        If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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                                        • seawolfS
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                                          A bit of warning: Olive oil rots over time, and smells really bad. I thought it would be a good idea to oil my big butcher block with olive oil, because, you know, its a cutting board, so what better to oil it with than olive oil, right? Wrong! After about a year, I noticed a foul odor that actually permeated the food and tasted horrible. I can't imagine the effect would be less on a nice piece of leather. Since that incident, I got a new butcher block, and oil it with mineral oil, which won't rot, and keeps my block looking (and smelling) fresh!

                                          As good as that olive oiled leather looks, I would strongly advise NOT using olive oil on your own belts!

                                          “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                                          @zeebeeleather

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                                            G already did, many moons ago…

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