Cleaning old luger holster??

Johnny Peppers · 04-20-2001, 05:25 PM

Everyone doesn't live in a climate controlled museum, and from 25 years experience and approximately 200 pieces of leather of my own, I can tell you that Pecards works. Some would have you believe that your holster will go flat as yesterday's flapjack if you get the container of Pecards anywhere near a holster, but it just doesn't happen. I have resurrected too many 1907 leather slings that normally would have been thrown out to believe that Pecards will cause any harm to your leather. I totally agree that Neatsfoot oil should never be used on any type of antique leather. I have a few 1907 slings and 1916 holsters that were treated with Mink Oil some thirty years ago, and a white substance is still working out of the leather.

Someone a while back even touted distilled water as the best treatment for holsters. If there is anything you do not want on a dry holster, it is water. It will soak it up like a sponge. If water was good for a holster, there would be no need to keep the holster in a humidity controlled environment.

04-20-2001, 05:25 PM	#6
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Pecard Leather Care Everyone doesn't live in a climate controlled museum, and from 25 years experience and approximately 200 pieces of leather of my own, I can tell you that Pecards works. Some would have you believe that your holster will go flat as yesterday's flapjack if you get the container of Pecards anywhere near a holster, but it just doesn't happen. I have resurrected too many 1907 leather slings that normally would have been thrown out to believe that Pecards will cause any harm to your leather. I totally agree that Neatsfoot oil should never be used on any type of antique leather. I have a few 1907 slings and 1916 holsters that were treated with Mink Oil some thirty years ago, and a white substance is still working out of the leather. Someone a while back even touted distilled water as the best treatment for holsters. If there is anything you do not want on a dry holster, it is water. It will soak it up like a sponge. If water was good for a holster, there would be no need to keep the holster in a humidity controlled environment.