Question for Hunters that skin

Guyon said:
I wouldn't even wet it.
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Quality leather isn't that fragile, I have a bunch of leather sheaths and they have been that wet from being out in the rain that they basically fill up. Reeve makes a nice sheath, I would not throw it out because it needed to be cleaned no more than I'd get a new knife because the edge was damaged.

-Cliff
 
I told him your suggestions, I think he is going to go with the Baking Soda. I have yet to hear back from him as he had to er, 'aquire' some from work.

Maybe at the weekend he will let me know.
 
Temper said:
Thanks guys, he actually has one of these for the Skinner, he just likes the leather one too.

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Nice rigs - where did they come from?
 
Cliff Stamp said:
Quality leather isn't that fragile, I have a bunch of leather sheaths and they have been that wet from being out in the rain that they basically fill up. Reeve makes a nice sheath, I would not throw it out because it needed to be cleaned no more than I'd get a new knife because the edge was damaged.

-Cliff
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Oh, I don't think it would hurt the leather all that much to wet it. Just no point in wetting it if the baking soda will do its work dry. No harm in trying a dry treatment first, and if that doesn't work, giving the sheath a good dunking. Anyway, after the gunk finishes rotting, I can't imagine the stink lasting that much longer, contrary to what some folks have said. Of course, I've never gunked up a leather sheath before. I have done odor control with baking soda though. Dead possum or two under my house. I drug them out and covered the "questionable" area with baking soda and/or borax. Stench went away pretty quickly.
 
I think the main problem would be the amount of time it would take for the bacteria to basically consume all the biological matter plus what the waste they would produce would do to the leather. I'd simply consult with someone like Clements who works with the material for a living and who makes hard use sheaths, and has done restoration on them and others after they have been extensively used. He also does presentation grade work, so his consideration go beyond just function anyway.

-Cliff
 
Rainmaker, they are made by a guy called Piter (Piotr) from Poland that is a regular on the Chris Reeve forum here. Very high quality and well made, he calles then Auriga sheaths.

Head over to the CRK section if you need to contact him.
 
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