Members Hedge Posted February 24, 2009 Members Report Posted February 24, 2009 The herd has been indulging in "spa" days. They are enjoying their mud wraps, so as soon as I can knock some of that off and get a little bit of a polish on them I will snap some pics! They need hair cuts too if I am going to do their school pictures. Crystal LOL!!! Ok, reckon we can wait. They're lucky that they can roll in the mud. We still have more snow than we know what to do with. Heck, our north and west fences are 3 feet under! Myriam's going to get plenty of practice mending fences this spring. Hedge Quote
rhall Posted February 24, 2009 Report Posted February 24, 2009 That appears to be a WW2 "Tanker" holster and the Vedigris is from the brass snaps,If your cust is not a purrist or collector I would replace the snaps with Chrome plated or Stainless From the Boat Canvas folks .That will delay the return of verdigris.I have had good luck in restorations with Lexol ,but use it very sparingly.I have been collecting this stuff since the 60"s so I hope it turns out OK! Quote
Members tonyc1 Posted February 25, 2009 Members Report Posted February 25, 2009 I just remembered what I used to clean Verdigris from some conchos years ago. It was Hoppes bore solvent! Tony. Quote
Contributing Member Crystal Posted February 25, 2009 Author Contributing Member Report Posted February 25, 2009 That appears to be a WW2 "Tanker" holster and the Vedigris is from the brass snaps,If your cust is not a purrist or collector I would replace the snaps with Chrome plated or Stainless From the Boat Canvas folks .That will delay the return of verdigris.I have had good luck in restorations with Lexol ,but use it very sparingly.I have been collecting this stuff since the 60"s so I hope it turns out OK! Thanks, Rob. Neat to know the history on this. He just wants the one snap replaced and I only actually have to change out the male end on that. I had to remove the stitching to get to the snap, or I wouldn't have touched that. After I removed the stitching then I found all this other stuff. I am just going to try to get it back to him without doing too much damage to it. I'll try to remember to get a pic of the front side when I am done. Crystal I just remembered what I used to clean Verdigris from some conchos years ago. It was Hoppes bore solvent!Tony. Thanks, Tony. I actually found that solvent online! Crystal Quote Black Dog Custom Leather
Members Shorts Posted February 27, 2009 Members Report Posted February 27, 2009 Every shooter has Hoppes! ...I'm going to go try it on some snaps I got looking funny. Crystal, I'm interested in seeing this when you're done. I also echo rhall's reply about what the holster actually is to the owner; collector or fun-to-have era specific gear? Quote
rhall Posted February 27, 2009 Report Posted February 27, 2009 I've got abunch of old stuff(like me) that I have been collecting since about 1962,It's amazing how well that stuff has held up concidering it's age.I wish I could of done that too!. LOL. Iv'e got afew pieces of Civil War gear thats still decent. Quote
Contributing Member Crystal Posted February 27, 2009 Author Contributing Member Report Posted February 27, 2009 All done. It got a cleaning, the bad part of the one snap replaced and was stitched back together. Just two light coats of neatsfoot put on it. The name "Rocky" is scratched into the side: Pic of back stamp: I didn't ask about any history to this. The guy is a collector of just about everything. He has muskets to small cannon and everything in between. He's got a really sweet hunting bag that I want to get some pictures of and maybe try to recreate someday. Thanks for all the help, everyone! Crystal Quote Black Dog Custom Leather
Members jbird Posted February 27, 2009 Members Report Posted February 27, 2009 Good work and now I know what to do when it comes up. Josh Quote Josh Dusty Chaps Leather & Seven O Saddle Shop 801-809-8456 Keep moving forward! On a horse. Hebrews 4:12 My link
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