>> Treat Un-colored Leather?

[Boar-gen]

I am making a leather sheath for my Busse Fatty GW. I plan to keep the natural tanned leather color. But how do I protect it against humidity, water and sweat? If I oil/wax the leather, it turns a lot darker.

Is the answer simply to just apply SuperSheen? Anything else?

Thanks,

Boar-gen

 

[cjpgeyer]

I used X-1 leather finish on this BadgerTAC sheath, then leather sheen.

 

[Bearpaw Customs]

I used a Mixture of 1 part neatsfoot oil to 3 parts parifine on these sheaths .I put it on melted with a brush and after dry I buff with an old sock.As you can see each piece of leather reacts a little different.

 

[rayban]

Dave....is the leather nice and hard when the parifin treatment is done?
Can bees wax be used instead?
Will exposure to the sun still darken it some....I hope???

 

[mikeymoto]

Exercise a light touch with neatsfoot oil, let it fully soak in, then seal with super shene or the like and you should be happy. I'll post pics later.

 

[Bearpaw Customs]

rayban,
Yes the leather is totaly dry from wet forming and hard.
Yes Bees wax can be used John Wylie at Custom Knives ans Guns usethe wax ring that seal a toilet.
Yes it will get a little darker if left in the sun, The saddle maker that told me what to use said if you want the color darker use two light coat and place in a window that gets a lot of sun
I used Parifine as it is cheap and you get 4 bars in a box.After you get it to aliquid state I use a 1/2" wide Paint brush to put it on as some Q-tips to get under the belt loop..
After I'm done I just let it get hard in the pan that i use to melt it

 

[Boar-gen]

cjpgeyer, Bearpaw Customs and Hoggy Moto- thank you! You have been very helpful and I have some clear ideas now what to do. :thumbup:

Thanks!

Boar-gen

 

[mikeymoto]

This one is oiled only, not sealed. Super shene wouldn't darken it up any, just make it shinier. I agree it's darker than without oil but personally I think it's worth it.