Capt. Morgan Posted April 10, 2005 Posted April 10, 2005 Wiping down the leather with a cotton ball DAMPENED with rubbing alcohol will get rid of the surface shine of a new piece of leather. You may then oil the leather (to protect it), and wipe away any excess oil... the belt, baldric, etc. will begin to take on a used hue... Touche' Ship's Marksman & Crab Fiend Pyrates of the Coast "All the skill in the world goes out the window if an angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket." "Florida points like a guiding thumb, To the southern isles of rumba and rum, To the mystery cities and haunted seas, Of the Spanish Main and the Caribbees..."
Patrick Hand Posted May 28, 2005 Posted May 28, 2005 Wiping down the leather with a cotton ball DAMPENED with rubbing alcohol You can also use rubbing alcohol instead of water to wet mould leather..... My baldric has a holster sewn on it's front, but the leather is a realy thick water bufffelo hide (I traided some garb for a chunka conveyer belt) but I couldn't form the thick leather without moulding it..... so a friend sujested rubbing alcohol instead of water, and it worked better than I expected..... Also the leather was so thick, that I had to use a drill instead of a hole punch..... but the resulting baldrick is "bulletproof"
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