Price Comparison: Fiebing's Neatsfoot Oil

[BigDogPaul1962]

 I don't know if this will be useful for anyone else but I sure hope so. I'm a broke dude so I have to watch my expenditures very closely and this is something I usually do for myself before I buy anything. I'm hoping someone else will find it useful. I'm VERY OPEN to feedback of any sort.

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Edited April 17, 2024 by BigDogPaul1962
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[kgg]

1 hour ago, BigDogPaul1962 said:

I'm a broke dude so I have to watch my expenditures very closely and this is something I usually do for myself before I buy anything. 

Thank you for the comparison it is helpful and shows it pays to shop around. You maybe a "broke dude" but I'm a cheap "old geezer". Why pay more for the same item particularly these days.

kgg 

[AlZilla]

I really hate it when Walmart is the low price leader. But the gallon is a pretty kickin' deal. Now, if only I used it ...

Out of curiosity, I looked at my local Tractor Supply (Walmart for rural people) and they show a gallon in stock for 30 bucks.  Maybe I should try it out.

Edited April 17, 2024 by AlZilla

[jrdunn]

@AlZilla,

Just an FYI.  Pure Neatsfoot oil and Neatsfoot oil compound are two different things.  I only use the pure NFO.  JM2C,  Jim

[AlZilla]

21 minutes ago, jrdunn said:

@AlZilla,

Just an FYI.  Pure Neatsfoot oil and Neatsfoot oil compound are two different things.  I only use the pure NFO.  JM2C,  Jim

OK, I wondered if it was something like that.  Good, so I don't have to be impressed with Tractor Supply!

Thanks for the clarification.

[Dwight]

33 minutes ago, jrdunn said:

@AlZilla,

Just an FYI.  Pure Neatsfoot oil and Neatsfoot oil compound are two different things.  I only use the pure NFO.  JM2C,  Jim

What he said is right on the money . . . no compound for me either . . . I saw the formula one time . . . don't recall the ingredients . . . but I voted against it.

May God bless,

Dwight

[TomE]

The Stohlmans mention in their Encyclopedia of Saddle Making that they used lots of neatsfoot compound to good effect, but they acknowledge that pure neatsfoot oil is a better product without explanation.  Anybody have an explanation?  Waterproofing products typically contain silicon oils that I believe are also petroleum based.  I use Saddle Oil, Golden Mink Oil, and Sno Seal on work boots.  Pure neatsfoot oil on tack.  

[SUP]

Neatsfoot oil compound seems to be a mix of neatsfoot oil and mineral oils of different types, from the MSDS, not silicones, as many people online seem to insist.

Others say it has lanolin and mink oil, both more expensive than pure neatsfoot oil. If it were these two ingredients, the price of Neatsfoot oil compound would be higher than pure Neatsfoot oil, which it is not.

Mineral oils and other petroleum  derivatives are much cheaper than Neatsfoot oil and bring down the price. I suspect it is as simple as that. 

 

[fredk]

I was in the NFO Compound = bad. But having it in our oils test and getting nothing bad results I'm of a different mind

[bruce johnson]

Oils start a good healthy discussion whenever they pop up. At one time neatsfoot was only from lower legs of cattle. Due war-time shortages the specs were relaxed and animal fats were allowed. Cold pressed hog lard oil seems To be the common lore. So this pure NF oil may not be what is is 100 years ago. Compound is a blend - might be vegetable or mineral oil blended with some level of animal origin oil. The major players have a fixed formula and should be more reliable batch to batch than grabbing a generic compound from a seller one time and another seller next time. Several makers use compound, pure only, olive oil, generic vegetable oils, etc. you seem to find the combination of whatever oil with whatever tannage you are using and stick with it.