How To Repair Leather Handle On Bayonet

Evans Dognis · x-27-201412:29 PM

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M1 Restoration of quondam dried upwards Leather (Bayonets & Slings)

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I was searching for a proficient way to go along the Bayonet Leather Handle from getting worse than what it looks likes correct now.

Basic Preservation of Leather Artifacts

Leather is indeed a difficult particular to preserve; care should be taken to store in medium humidity and moderate temperature. More often than not speaking, storing information technology inside your home is suitable.

Avoid displaying leather items in direct sunlight or vivid light. If the leather is dirty or moldy, clean it with saddle soap.Allow the item to dry out in the shade.If the item feels overly dry or stiff, you may wish to oil it with bully'southward-human foot oil. Be certain to use merely pure groovy'due south-human foot oil, non neat's-foot chemical compound, which contains petroleum byproducts. Never use petroleum products (or annihilation that does non list its ingredients) on your leather. Anything that is put on leather is there to stay--beware of creating problems.Most leather volition stiffen over fourth dimension; this is generally non a problem, as historic items should non be used. Have fourth dimension now, while the leather is pliable, to support the particular in a displayable fashion.....

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10-27-201402:37 PM #2

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What's the issue with using petroleum products on leather?

10-27-201402:49 PM #3

Whatever oils affect leather and when information technology's in leather it will always be in there, theres some ingredients in petroleum that deteriorates leather and if your trying to keep your stale up leather from geting worse, so i call up its a bad idea.
Frank

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...but this is a serious topic and somebody who KNOWS FROM LONG PERSONAL EXPERIENCE how to treat leathers (plural) should weigh in hither. I am not an skilful. I put common househiold ('3 in 1' brand every bit I recall) oil on a NOS leather .45 ammo pouch (and my baseball glove) 50 years agone and today that pouch (and my glove) is as stong and feasible every bit the day it was fabricated. My uncle (WWII US Navy PO, now deceased) put 'neatsfoot oil' (he recalled) on his cousin's (WWII United states Navy officer, deceased) 1911A1 .45 service holster less than 5 years agone and and passed the .45 and holster to me terminal twelvemonth. The pistol is similar new and the holster is of the consistency of a rotting green hide, only barely solid. I'm not proposing that petroleum oil, neatsfoot oil or whatever other treatment should or should not be put on leather merely when yous do it y'all better know what the hell you lot're doing considering I know the impairment can be fast and irreversible. For many years out of fear I only used saddle lather and for the past several years I as well utilize Pecard's leather dressing to my GI leather. Pecard'due south seem to have a good rep in the fraternity so far then good. I don't know what else to practise and I practice listen to other's experiences whenever I can. I remember leather is much less forgiving than steel and woods. JMHO, Chips

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10-27-201406:09 PM #5

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I'chiliad sorry Jim, I have to disagree. Pecards is one of the worst things you can put on leather, it contains petroleum distillates which will damage leather. Peter's recommendation of lanolin is good and personally I volition recommend aught but pure neatsfoot oil, which has been used for hundreds of years and yet is, both in tanning and preserving leather. WarPig, be careful of neatsfoot oil compound which is unremarkably available, information technology, like Pecards, contains petroleum products and will impairment leather and then, similar Pecards, you practice non want it. Employ the pure neatsfoot oil just. Pure is harder to find and more than expensive just is worth it in the long run.
Too bad that your grandfather and everyone since allowed the leather in the kidney chugalug to dry, it is permanently damaged now and all that can exist done is lightly apply natural products - lanolin or neatsfoot oil - in small doses until you lot are satisfied with the flexibility - not softness - of the leather. Do this after cleaning with a expert quality saddle lather. Applying anything to a muddied item will only do more impairment. When the belt is almost dry from the cleaning, apply the oil to the flesh side (that's the rough side) and y'all will accept washed all you can. Afterward the handling, do what should take been washed for the last eighty years; proceed information technology make clean and at a comfortable temperature and in a consequent humidity of lx - 70% and exercise non let it to sit in direct sunlight for extended periods. A well ventilated room is essential. If you box it upward for storage, exist sure to avoid acidic paper and shop in the above temperature/humidity weather condition.

Recollect to everything in stages, don't drown the leather when y'all apply the oil, it will clog the dried out pores and cells causing them to keen in their damaged country and further impairment the particular.

Remember, continue Pecards, mink oil and other goops similar snow seal for your work boots and other user form items, they all practice fine for those things but should not be used on items you lot desire to preserve and pass on to others who come after you.

Thank you goodness we seem to finally be getting away from the claims that used to be fabricated for Pecards, that "it is used by the Smithsonian Institution" and other museums - it most certainly is not. If you want to know what real museums and antique curators/collectors actually do with leather to exist preserved see:

National Park Service - Museum Management Program

No crime taken the better knowledge i go information technology benefits me, but i was going tbrough some post here about restoring leather if you go to search box and put in it restoring leather you lot volition see this and btw i agree with the baseball game oil but read this and theres alot more
---------- Postal service added at 05:09 PM ---------- Previous mail was at 05:07 PM ---------- I got this information from a thread most restoring stale up leather similar im trying to do something about my dried upwardly leather bayonet,
Frank

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I applied several light coats of anhydrous lanolin Amazon.com: Lanolin, Anhydrous Lanolin Pharmaceutical Grade: Wellness Personal Intendance to the dried and loose leather disks on a No 3 knife with very good results.
Swelled the grips enough to tighten them up. I retrieve I paid $8 United states for a one pound jar at the local Apothecary.

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10-28-201406:xx PM #vii

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I use Obenauf'south Leather Care which has worked extremely well for me, like on this holster which was dry and starting to cleft where the flap 'hinges'. Does not permanently darken or leave a greasy feel. Does not soften either so the object retains its shape. I would put it on a leather bayonet handle with no hesitation.

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ten-28-201406:thirty PM #8

I use lanolin - it works for sheep!

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Originally Posted past Patrick Chadwick

I utilize lanolin - it works for sheep!

What do sheep use it for?

10-28-201408:12 PM #x

You would utilize it on similar this Leather
of course i approximate i merely missed out

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