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I recently got a leather sheath from Brian Goode for the knife he made me, and I decided to clean and condition it as a preventative measure. My girlfriend has a horse and thus has a lot of leather care supplies for bridles, saddles and other such gear. She brought a bunch of stuff over to my house. First I used Leather Therapy, which cleans and conditions the leather, then glycerin soap and a light coat of polish.
These are all pretty inexpensive and worked very well, and would serve as good additions to your knife maintenance supplies. You apply them all with a wet sponge lightly and evenly and then buff off in a circular motion. You probably don't want to condition the sheath too frequently, but definitely do it before the leather starts to get dry, chapped, or stiff. I wouldn't use them on the rough (flesh side?) of the leather (inside of the sheath) because you don't want a bunch of leather care products being trapped in with your knife, plus there is no finish to preserve.
These are all pretty inexpensive and worked very well, and would serve as good additions to your knife maintenance supplies. You apply them all with a wet sponge lightly and evenly and then buff off in a circular motion. You probably don't want to condition the sheath too frequently, but definitely do it before the leather starts to get dry, chapped, or stiff. I wouldn't use them on the rough (flesh side?) of the leather (inside of the sheath) because you don't want a bunch of leather care products being trapped in with your knife, plus there is no finish to preserve.
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