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Originally Posted by sheepherder
...Uh, what??? I have no idea what Mink Oil would be used for, and my next question would be, where would you find used mink Oil???  |
It is oil to keep a used mink from squeaking or rusting.
I bought a cheap-o repro "Luger" lanyard (although I overpaid I guess, at $12 with free shipping). It held all the kinks and loop ends from being folded up, even when stretched out, but I had pretty good luck loosening it up. I warmed it up atop the radiator, then slathered it with lanolin. Next, I flexed the whole thing, from end to end, in small increments, moving it as if it were a piece of wire I wanted to break. Clamp between thumbs and forefingers, about a half or three quarters of an inch apart, and forcefully make circles with one hand. The lanolin seemed too soak right in when the piece was warm It will thereafter be nice and limber and floppy--like it just got out of one of those hot yoga sessions. It was not significantly darkened by the process, and now I can enjoy all the charm this third-world-made accessory has to offer! The "flexing" reminds me how Inuit women chewed raw sealskin until it was soft as a baby's butt.