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Now I know why we rehab on this thread! I appreciation all of the advice. I gave a friend a Coach and she took it to a cobbler. The bag cost me $5, she paid the cobbler $40 to rehab. I looked at her and became angry. How foolish can you be? That was ridiculous!
 
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whateve said:
I've had a few come out stiff. I wondered if it was the soap I used or if I didn't rinse it well enough. If the leather wasn't really dry when you got it, that could be the problem.

For super dry stiff leather, I have used mink oil. I am using Skidmore's Leather cream on a very stiff dry, brittle bag and so far, I love the results.
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Whateve, I'm interested in adding the Skidmore leather cream to my arsenal of rehab tools and wanted to confirm that the 6 oz tub is the right one to get? Would it be okay to use BlackRocks on top of this? Thanks.
 
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shun said:
Whateve, I'm interested in adding the Skidmore leather cream to my arsenal of rehab tools and wanted to confirm that the 6 oz tub is the right one to get? Would it be okay to use BlackRocks on top of this? Thanks.
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That is the one I got. I got it on ebay. I really like it. It softens the leather and doesn't feel sticky, like can happen if you use too much Blackrocks. I don't see why you couldn't use Blackrocks on top of Skidmore's.
 
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Just found a medium size, medium brown flap bag a large American eagle embossed on the outside flap. The tiny metal Coach tag is mounted to the open interior pocket. Never seen this one before. I don't know if I should rehab it or leave it as is.

Thoughts.
 
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Nettiefan said:
Just found a medium size, medium brown flap bag a large American eagle embossed on the outside flap. The tiny metal Coach tag is mounted to the open interior pocket. Never seen this one before. I don't know if I should rehab it or leave it as is.

Thoughts.
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I've seen it before. There was one asked about on the Authenticate Thread a long time ago. I believe it is very rare. Could you post pictures?
 
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whateve said:
That is the one I got. I got it on ebay. I really like it. It softens the leather and doesn't feel sticky, like can happen if you use too much Blackrocks. I don't see why you couldn't use Blackrocks on top of Skidmore's.
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Thanks for the confirm. The one I found is on ebay too.

I'm wondering, when would be the right time to add it in? I'm working on the bag with the holes on the piping and even after about 4 applications of leather CPR (not sure if I'm overdoing it but it does not feel sticky) there are some areas that seem dry/brittle.
 
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whateve said:
I've seen it before. There was one asked about on the Authenticate Thread a long time ago. I believe it is very rare. Could you post pictures?
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Thanks for the comments. Do you think I should go ahead and rehab it, or leave it as it is? I would use it either way, but in the rough, just with jeans.

Here is a photo of the Eagle embossing.
 

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Raven3766 said:
Now I know why we rehab on this thread! I appreciation all of the advice. I gave a friend a Coach and she took it to a cobbler. The bag cost me $5, she paid the cobbler $40 to rehab. I looked at her and became angry. How foolish can you be? That was ridiculous!
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I think she loved the bag you gave her! Kudos to you for giving her something that she cared enough about to invest the $40. :smile1:
 
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Nettiefan said:
Thanks for the comments. Do you think I should go ahead and rehab it, or leave it as it is? I would use it either way, but in the rough, just with jeans.

Here is a photo of the Eagle embossing.
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Ooh, nice! I think I would rehab it. The embossing on creeds survives baths so I don't know why this wouldn't.
 
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shun said:
Thanks for the confirm. The one I found is on ebay too.

I'm wondering, when would be the right time to add it in? I'm working on the bag with the holes on the piping and even after about 4 applications of leather CPR (not sure if I'm overdoing it but it does not feel sticky) there are some areas that seem dry/brittle.
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I think you can do it now. That is what happened to me with my brittle bag - the leather CPR didn't seem to help very much. I haven't finished mine yet because I had to go away from home. I'm curious to find out if it changed any when I return home.
 
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