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ItsTooEarly

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Okay does anyone know how to get the smell of cigarette smoke out of leather sheaths... :( ...
I have a nice 111 sheath that smells like cigarette smoke and a few others... :eek: ... Thanks
 
Wash according to directions using Saddle Soap. Allow to dry and treat with Neets Foot oil. Then buff with correct color of shoe polish. It will look like and smell like a new shoe. DM
 
David Martin said:
Wash according to directions using Saddle Soap. Allow to dry and treat with Neets Foot oil. Then buff with correct color of shoe polish. It will look like and smell like a new shoe. DM
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Thanks DM, for the info... Boy... It's looks like I would have to go out and buy a lot stuff for two sheath...
But I do need that 111 sheath... I guess I need a shoe kit... ITE

Is there anything else that will work on getting out the Smoke... :)
 
Your welcome. I guess some have never polished or wore dress shoes.? As these are just standard household items to have around. Heck, I procured this stuff when I was a kid just to use on my baseball glove. DM
 
In 1966 I was the shoe-shine boy at the Proctor Hotel Barbershop - that has been a terrific, life-time skill and can be applied to boots, shoes, sheaths, gun slings, etc.! OH
 
I would be willing to bet if you put it in a pillow case with a dryer sheet inside the pillow case as well and tied a knot in the case and throw it in the clothes dryer on medium for a half hour, the bad smell will be gone. Probably smell like the dryer sheet for a little while but the smoke smell will probably be gone.
 
I would start with ~Fiebing's Deglazer~ available from Tandy Leather Company I've been using them for all my leather needs since the 1960's.
 
Great Link Badhammer, I use baking soda for everything....for scent block for hunting its actually the main ingredient in store bought scent block & cleaning battery & terminals dilluted of course with water.
It will also balance your PH.
 
Bought a 110 off of ebay knowing it had been submerged in a flooded basement. The leather sheath reeked of mildew. Took a few sprayings with spray lysol before the smell went away.

But be careful should you go to wiping it with the lysol. There are some sheaths out there that could have a "painted" sheath pocket instead of died and the lysol will take that paint off. This happened on that mildewed sheath.

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Quite interesting results.
 
To get bad odors out of a car I use a cut open cantaloupe in the back seat. Perhaps a slice in a gallon freezer bag with the sheath in the sun for an afternoon may help.
 
Damn Packrat you should of left it half & half, I love it! It truly reminded me of how it looks like on the cow....tan & white would be good too! LOL I'd buy one! seriously.....
 
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If its just cig smell, wear the sheath for a few hikes, one or two in wet weather and dry weather should air it out over time. Alternatively place the sheath outside and air them out for a few days, it will go away.
 
My sister said to put them in a small box and crumble up some newspaper and leave

them in the box for a few days or so and the smell will go away... :eek:

I need to try it soon... Well as soon as I can get to them again... :)
 
If none of the above work, how about stuffing it into a ziplock bag filled with activated charcoal?
 
2 of the oldest standby's 1 for centuries....."Cedar" chips/saw dust/ or a block of cedar, theres a reason they made dresser draws out of Cedar, other Mothballs my least favorite, but damn I like my sheath to smell like a 1939 H.D. KNUCKLEHEAD........LOL But I love CEDAR...........my hunting clothes I keep in a bag for a year with any form of pine/spruce...local woods trees......
 
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