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Will I haven't seen any up close and personal, but I have seen pix of some very, very old leather work from around Turkey and the old Arabian countries.
Mexico also has some very beautiful examples of very old leather work.
Most of the old leather work I have seen was tooled using a stippleing method and some was in relief, but none of it was actually carved as in what is known as carved leather in recent times.
And the old leather crafts were passed down from father to son and the people were very secretive about how it was done.
The history on leather and leather work started a mighty long time ago and can be as interesting as metal work can be.
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I have forgotten much of what I used to know, but I still have all my old leather crafters magz as well as some instuctional books I bought back in the mid 70's.
There are some beautiful old patterns in those magz!!!

I don't know what was used to preserve it, but as long as you keep leather clean and dry with the proper lubricants applied it will last much, much longer than most people, including me, realize.

I once bought an old horsehide valise that was made in the 1800's sometime.
I actually bought it for the hardware which was brass and still very much serviceable.
But except for being very hard and stiff the leather was still in fairly good shape without any tears and only a few cracks.
I used some Tandy's Carnuba Cream on it and made it flexable once again.
I used the old case to store scrap leather in for a long time.
I don't recall what happened to it, may have went with one of the ex-wives when she bugged out.
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I highly recommend the Carnuba Cream
for preserveing carved leather.
It lubricates and protects it wonderfully and can be used over most leather finishes.
You have to be careful with leather work that's been dyed as it can cause the multiple colors to run.
Try it in a small out of the way first!!!!
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The leather work done on the H.I.Scabbard's are done in the ancient stippleing or pressed tool manner.
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Yvsa.

"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.

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Thanks for the info. I will try to get some of the cream locally.

Any thoughts on UV protection?

Will
 
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Will you're welcome.
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Will I never gave it any thought and leather does sort of sunburn, well actually perhaps it doesn't but in a way it does, Now all that makes a lot of sense doesn't it?
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What I mean to say is that, as tanned, veggie tanned leather is a very light tan in color. Sometimes almost a cream or Cafe'Au Lait.
If it's left in the sunlight it will gradually turn darker and darker the longer it's exposed.
Sometimes this is desireable and I have left leather in the sun for several days until I got the color I wanted. It seems that when it's carved the burnishing action of the saddle stamps appears darker in relation to how dark the sun turned it.
I don't know if the carnuba cream provides any UV protection or not.
You might inquire from Tandy's.


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Yvsa.

"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
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John will you post the pix of the back of the wicker scabbard so we can all see how it was fastened for carry.
And a close up of both the front and back would help Barb see how to start the weaving.

Many thanks.


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Yvsa.

"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
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