[lugerholsterrepair]

Lonnie, 29 years is really not enough time to tell if a leather treatment is working or not. And if it is working, what is it achieving? Some of these holsters would be 50 years old by the time a preservation treatment was started 29 years ago.

We should all look at why we apply this or any other product...what are we
wishing it to do? Look shiney? Make it more flexible? Preserve it somehow? Stop further deterioration? It would be extremly difficult to do a complete analysis of what Pecard's has done or not done over a period of time.The storage methods would have to be factored in and a comparable sample would have to be available to compare methods... Accurate tests for these variables and records would have to be kept to determine if any changes were taking place. How do you know the holsters would not be in the same or better shape if you had applied nothing over the last 29 years?

I write this not to be disagreeable but to educate others as well as myself about these important leather preservation issues. It is something we need to discuss in order to conserve the investment we have in these irreplaceable leather artifacts.

So, If you have any information to back up your claim that Pecard's works fine, or at all, please jump in with the reasons you believe this to be true and perhaps explain what benefits you have found. Thanks one and all for your input, I look forward to learning more. Jerry Burney