Finish for mud and rain

[Treesner]

On 12/17/2018 at 7:56 AM, LatigoAmigo said:

I picked up some 8 oz. "oil stuffed" Horween leather some years ago from Maverick Leather. Don' t know if they still carry this leather, but it is heavy, durable and appears nearly indestructible to the weather. 

Dont see it on the their site, what are the properties but 'made to order' leather sounds like its gonna be expensive!! is the Chromexcel ? 

https://www.horween.com

https://www.maverickleathercompany.com/product-category/horween-leather/

 

 

[Treesner]

On 12/17/2018 at 6:15 AM, hwinbermuda said:

Chris,

I was about to say that you could not get Dubbin (by which I mean the old Wren's Dubbin used on all of my walking boots for years) any more, as they'd stopped trading. But I looked it up, and found out its a generic name for the action of waterproofing the leather, and there are many still available....

I use Nikwax now but will look at the others, some have interesting oils and tallow in them.

Best

Harry

 

hmm yeah seeing dubbin in different types of beeswax mix 

do you think it would be more durable than snow seal? 

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Dubbin+leather+finish

[LatigoAmigo]

2 hours ago, Treesner said:

Dont see it on the their site, what are the properties but 'made to order' leather sounds like its gonna be expensive!! is the Chromexcel ? 

 

I am not able to explain the properties, but as I recall, it wasn't that expensive. It was Horween, but I don't know if it was Chromexcel. You might give Maverick's a call. The owner's name is Mark, and I'm sure he could be very helpful.