Deer skin glove

[Simon]

dear all my dear skin glove is starting to go hard on the thumb and index finger what should i use to sofen it up ?

[HawkMan69UK]

kachoo leather dressing(*bless me) or leather dressing mate

[Simon]

Ive tried Ko.cao.line but it seems that it dosn't do any thing.It says on the tin not suitable for suede or nubuck so thats probably why

Whats kachoo leather dressing is this the same if not where do you get it from ?

[Afshimo]

Maybe just a good soak in warm water and scrub with a tooth brush or hard side of a sponge. Then dry, moulding onto the shape of your fist. Should work lol.

Hannah

[Falconry Equipment International]

dear all my dear skin glove is starting to go hard on the thumb and index finger what should i use to sofen it up ?
Hi Simon, unfortunately your glove is NOT Deer skin, it is a cheap import from China/ far East and was a copy of my nubuck gloves, that I have world copyright on. However I have now changed the pattern( and are running down stocks of Nubuck as well.)
Anyway enough of that, as a master saddler hopefully this will be of help.
First of all nubuck is not good quality & should not be confused with deerskin or buckskin. Nubuck ( which is what you have) is in fact the lower epidermis of cheap cuts of cow hide, from the belly region of the animal and therefore fairly flexible when new. unfortunately when it gets repeatedly wet it does tend to harden the leather up.
If you routinely feed doc on the glove with the yolk sac then unfortunately you are going to have a really hard time even cleaning it.
if not , John Lewis partnership do a leather glove shampoo which is very good, also if you do not have one near you try and get a nubuck cleaner/ suede shampoo ( spray can) from most shoe shops. I cannot guarantee this of course as there are so many brands out there, so would recommend after shampooing, using a spray of F10 disinfectant to soak the leather pretty well, just to be certain of 'flushing any harmful chemicals. You will need to leave the glove to dry NATURALLY . if still stiff roll glove backwards and forwards between hands. On no account use Ko~ Cho ~Line it will ruin the glove hth

[HawkMan69UK]

s j why does ko cho ruin the nubuck leather :? cheers

[Moses]

mate i got mines from steven and he gave it to me for free i used the asian method, it was hard on the finger area etc i dipped it in olive oil and it really softened it up good we use oil for leather suppleness for horses and stuff on saddles etc

till brian gave me ko cho which was good anyway but gary i wont know if it ruins the leather coz the glove i got was already woren out

[HawkMan69UK]

moses i know wot ka choo line does ...now what were you told about teaching yer granny to suck eggs...my question is to s jay on how kachoo affects nubuck and not leather cheers

[Moses]

moses i know wot ka choo line does ...now what were you told about teaching yer granny to suck eggs...my question is to s jay on how kachoo affects nubuck and not leather cheers


lol gary cheers sorry of course i didnt mean it that way bud :D

like i said i dont know what it does or not my glove was already worn :D

thanks

[Falconry Equipment International]

s j why does ko cho ruin the nubuck leather :? cheers
Hi HawkMan69UK
just my preference really , if you have used it on jesses, you would not , it's b*s**@d to get off your fingers, greasy but sticky too, oil will also make this gooey & sticky in the long run. if you can think of what otehr uses we sue proprietey products for , perhaps that will make more sense HTh

[HawkMan69UK]

cheers mate

[Kornie]

Does anyone use good ol' beeswax?