Dry Leather

[antipaladin]

I have a nice piece of horse butt I'm going to use to test out making one of these uni-fold wallets.

http://www.noahlambe...uni-fold-wallet

Trouble is it's pretty dry. Do I saddle soap and wax it BEFORE casing or after casing and before

folding? Will the leather "take" the wax while it's already wet?

Thanks!

Edited April 6, 2012 by antipaladin

[mlapaglia]

If the leather is dry you need to oil it not wax it. Oil it with something like Neetsfoot oil, EVOO, Lexol, something that will soak in and replace the oils that are missing. This is why its dry. When you do it depends on how dry it is. Unless it is super dry I would case and tool it then oil it and do the needed folds and stitching.

Saddle soap is more of a cleaner. Wax will help preserve the leather after you get it oiled. Dont wax it until you are pretty much done with everything.