Question about Kurkuri sheath

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A friend just brought me one from nepal . the style is what I believe you call village as its a brut de forge type finish .
so is the frog supposed to be such a dried out piece of skin ? shouldn't it be more supple then desert dried skin, ? and if so what is good at making something so dry supple again ..

Shayne
 
Neats feet oil, is hands down the best thing i've found to give life back to leather, apply generously, wait a few hours then do it again, until the leather has that oil soaked up, stock oil finish for wooden handles and 3 in one oil ( usually for guns) for the blades. and the leathers go through lots being shipped around the world then being stored, so usually even if it doesnt look dried out , its best to give your knife a full treatment when it arrives. --- hooflex if you have any horn handles or bone handles ( which is just neats feet oil with parafin and lanolin).
 
Great , thanks , so the frog isnt supposed to be so dry is that correct ? I am in china so the items you mentioned are not available. Figure I will just coat everything with Vaseline as we do have that available ,


shayne
 
well all leather gets dry , and vaseline may be a substitute but I am not sure that it will get into the cells like neats feet will --- the neats feet oil is from the shin bones of cows, its pretty much the finest oil available, just look around im sure you will be able to find a wider variety of oils than vaseline , any lotion that helps your skin ( lanolin) may also help.-- maintenance on your leather and handles is one of the things i enjoy most about my knife collection, even if in china i would spend the extra time and money to track down the tools you need , best bet is go to a shop for farmers, especially livestock supplies. The livestock supplies have the high quality oils for saddles and the hoof and wood treatments.
 
Bees wax has worked throughout history to protect leather and doesn't seem to soften it too much, as some products can do. I leave the leather in the hot sun for a little while then work it in, or coat it and run my wife's hair dryer over it. This allows it to penetrate really well. Some leather goods work better when a little stiff, like sheaths and holsters. Take care.
 
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