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Thank you so much fiveways. We have had to move it because of the restoration building work so I am going to continue to source leather restorers/materials and hope we can reinstate it without it falling to pieces,

Thanks for this DJole, yes a bit of a challenge!!, the leather is really thick, the bellows are approx 5ft long by 3ft wide, as for the rest of the Forge, it was converted to just a room a long time ago but we are converting it into a holiday let with original feature

Good morning to you I hope that you don't consider this a cheek but I hope that you can help? I am located in the UK but I'm sure this will apply on whatever side of the pond ?? We have purchased an old property which has a converted Forge, within it, as a feature, the old bellows have been left up in the roof space, we think that it is a beautiful piece of history and want to renovate it which is going to be a challenge as we have to get it down first!!, anyway, once we get it down we need to know how will go about either refurbishing or replacing the leather? So can you experts collectively give any advice and guidance as to where we might start? I've attached some pics so that you can see it in situ, it's a big beast. Here's a closer pic of some of the leather, can we perhaps rub something into it to get it supple?