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Unread 10-08-2009, 08:18 AM   #49
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I just recieved a leather case that was a custom job done in South America. The workmanship is *almost* as good as jerry Burney's, but there is ONE BIG PROBLEM. The thing smells like the tannin g chemicals were 95% diesel fuel.
I've had a couple items that were the same; blankets and a leather jacket from Colombia, to be exact. Don't know what it is, but after a few years of being wall hangings, the blankets lost their smell...the jacket never did...

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