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I made this baldric rig for a big Bowie I made with intentions of dyeing it two tone. I was going to put a resist over the basket stamping and then dye it with a dark antique brown leaving the basket stamping light, but I'm wondering now if I shouldn't just hit it with neatsfoot oil and leave it natural. What do you guys think?

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Very nice work. My preference would be a couple of coats of Neatsfoot Oil ( no dye at all) a couple of days apart, and then a top sealing coat of your choice. I use TanKote. It will age and get darker with use and exposure to sunlight and finally take on a very pleasing toasty brown color.

Take a look at Dave's (Horsewright) work here on this forum to see what Russet and oil can look like.

Paul
 
You might be surprised how nice leather looks after a treatment or two of neatsfoot oil and some sunshine. Just remember a little goes a long way with the oil.
 
That is really very nice. I too would oil it. Warm the oil first. I have a little cheap $10 crockpot I use. I plug it in a half hour before I want to use the oil. I apply the oil with a bristle paint brush. Go very light on your stamping. You'll be tempted to come back and do a little more to get down into all the crevases of the tooling. Don't. As Paul said give it a day or two and then give it another light coat. I also do the back first and then usually without re dipping the brush will do the front and sart at the bottom and work my way up. Its easy to get too much on the throat.

This pancake sheath is Wickett and Craig russet 8/10 oz saddle leather that has been oiled. Finished with 'BagKote. I've gradually gone to exclusively using this leather, oil and finish for my sheaths because of the rich color it gives.

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Your work is right up there, Very, very clean.
 
Very nice work. I have a hard time keeping the piece pristine through the whole process for a natural finish.


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Okay, the consensus seems to be leaving it natural. Thanks to everyone for their kind words and advise. I'll try to post pictures when it's done. Thanks again!
 
Now, expose it to direct sunlight and it will darken a little every exposure until it's a beautiful golden tan.

Paul
 
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