bay.223 Posted November 25, 2008 Share #1 Posted November 25, 2008 Does anyone know of anyway to stiffen leather up that have become overly pliable over the years? boot leather to be exact. will dark spots on leather be taken care of or at least minimalized with Pecards antique leather dressing? does anyone have before and after pictures of thier leather restoration? also two of the metal eyelets are missing on my WWII leather boots where would i get replacements? anyone ever replaced them before? thanks! BRAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted November 25, 2008 Share #2 Posted November 25, 2008 Does anyone know of anyway to stiffen leather up that have become overly pliable over the years? boot leather to be exact. will dark spots on leather be taken care of or at least minimalized with Pecards antique leather dressing? does anyone have before and after pictures of thier leather restoration? also two of the metal eyelets are missing on my WWII leather boots where would i get replacements? anyone ever replaced them before? thanks! BRAD Other than to ruin it by getting it really wet and letting it dry that way, I don't know of any way to stiffen worn leather. The fibres of the hide have simply loosened with age, and there isn't any going back that I'm aware of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted November 25, 2008 Share #3 Posted November 25, 2008 I think someone once said that leather is old meat, slowly decaying. It seems that some treatments can delay the decay, but once leather reaches a certain state, there's no going back. If you do a Google search for leather conservation you can find some helpful sources such as this one: http://nautarch.tamu.edu/class/anth605/File7.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bay.223 Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share #4 Posted November 25, 2008 Okay thanks for the help guys.... at least i can take the cracking out and discoloration with pecards... does anyone have before and after pictures using pecards antique leather dressing on thier leather? i'll post some with my WWII buckle boots and see what everyone thinks, maybe if i do good enough job it'll clear up alot of opinions about what leather dressing to use...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffy Posted December 4, 2008 Share #5 Posted December 4, 2008 To be honest....I would leave the boots how they are. Duffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bay.223 Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share #6 Posted December 4, 2008 yeah thats what i've decided. i am going to get a reproduction pair though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffy Posted December 4, 2008 Share #7 Posted December 4, 2008 I think you have made a wise decision with planning to leave it......untouched! Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klorvin Borno Posted January 25, 2009 Share #8 Posted January 25, 2009 I think you have made a wise decision with planning to leave it......untouched!Cheers. My question doesn't really apply to these specific boots, but if you had a pair of boots that was highly polished when you got them, would it be wrong to continue to polish them over the years? I'm asking from 2 perspectives, 1 is from the standpoint of originality, and the 2nd is would the polishing be better for the leather? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m.c.lilley Posted July 16, 2009 Share #9 Posted July 16, 2009 I bought a beat up and stitch-ripped brown McKeever pouch. I restitched it throught the old holes and then polished it brown. I like it. It was not representative before and now it is. Under that limited circumstance, I justified the repair and polish. If the condition is not so bad, I simply knock off the dirt and whatever and leave it alone. I have to think about it but I would not think that it would be so off-the-wall to put a new coat of shin-o-la on them. m.c.lilley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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