[rollei_list] Re: Rotting Rollei Case Stitching
- From: Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 10:58:04 -0400
On Monday, May 04, 2009, at 08:22PM, <jon.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>
>Some of the best boots I ever owned were Frye boots and I followed Marc's
>procedure as to preparing them. They were very nearly indestructible and
>impervious to most weather conditions. I seem to recall a paraffin conditioner
>for the laces and stitches? I might be short on my recall there.
>
Neat cattle being an old word for domestic cattle, and this oil being made from
their feet, this is properly neatsfoot oil. It is recommended as a leather
lubricant for dry climates.
Cotton thread was traditionally waxed to preserve it from rot and to ease
stitching with it when working leather, I wonder does the differing state of
preservation of cotton stitching relate to inconsistent application of wax?
All the best
Larry cuffe
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Marc James Small" < marcsmall @comcast.net>
>To: " rollei list" < rollei _list@ freelists .org>
>Sent: Monday, May 4, 2009 5:05:23 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
>Subject: [ rollei _list] Re: Rotting Rollei Case Stitching
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>
>None of you guys fish or hunt, do you? For
>REALLY back-country work, you buy a solid pair of
>boots, and then work them with Neatsfood Oil for
>a period. The leather ends up really soft and it
>is absolutely waterproof. In my youth, decades
>back, I did a bunch of hard-country
>trekking. I'm now 59 but, by this point, I can
>find no one else to accompany me as I tend to
>piss folks off quite readily. So be it.
>
>And in these Richmond, Virginia, flatlands ,
>fly-fishing is for bluegills or carp. Argh !
>
>Marc
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>
>
>msmall @ aya . yale . edu
>Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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