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Lake Effect said:
Well then we can be the Boring Sisters cause I love the classic colors with brass too! I don’t have a green with brass though. Yet.
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Haha! I want a gray (more warm, I’d even settle for taupe) bag with brass. Coach does not seem to make gray with brass, and if they do it’s always mixed with suede and snake. I’ll have to look for some vintage styles :)
 
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Splatnext said:
Anytime it is an unusal color the prices go sky high.You have to get quite lucky to find a court bag for a decent price.
Look in to the Sheridan line there where some greens in there.
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That’s definitely what it seems like. I have my alerts on so I will need to pay better attention to them and maybe I’ll start hitting up my local thrift stores. I have so many very close to me.

I’ll look into the Sheridan’s, thanks!
 
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Syren said:
Ahhhh I’m so excited! My Rambler is here! ...]
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How is the rehab coming? I'm very interested in seeing it.

Yesterday my own Rambler arrived, quite similar to yours but in the old-style rather than the Legacy-style. Mahogany, 1999, good condition with about the same amount of wear and scuffing. I'm curious whether their restorations will be similar.

Although in good physical condition, my Rambler was SMELLY!! The seller had detected a cigarette odor in the leather, and so had stored it in a bag with a sachet. The sachet-scent was overwhelming and slightly sickening. I dunked it in a bath with castile soap; rinsed and repeated. Then a vinegar rinse and soak. Then a shorter dunk with Dawn detergent, followed by a final vinegar rinse. The first two baths were very dirty (dye?), but the final rinse wasn't too bad.

I conditioned it twice last night with Leather Honey, and once this morning (still slightly damp from the wash). What I've read here says to keep conditioning until no more is absorbed. Is there actually a point when it will stop absorbing the Leather Honey? It seems to drink it in like water, but the leather didn't look or feel horribly dry when it arrived. I'm sure all that washing dried it out, but I'm afraid I'm going to waste my LH and wind up with a sloppy, over-conditioned bag. (Is that possible?)
 
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Hoping you all can help. When you have a black rehab (made in 1999), with corners worn like this (picture shared), will I have to dye? Or will leather conditioner revive them? The leather piping is in tact, just worn. Trying to decide if I should buy this one or go for one more expensive with better edges.
 

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novelnickel said:
How is the rehab coming? I'm very interested in seeing it.

Yesterday my own Rambler arrived, quite similar to yours but in the old-style rather than the Legacy-style. Mahogany, 1999, good condition with about the same amount of wear and scuffing. I'm curious whether their restorations will be similar.

Although in good physical condition, my Rambler was SMELLY!! The seller had detected a cigarette odor in the leather, and so had stored it in a bag with a sachet. The sachet-scent was overwhelming and slightly sickening. I dunked it in a bath with castile soap; rinsed and repeated. Then a vinegar rinse and soak. Then a shorter dunk with Dawn detergent, followed by a final vinegar rinse. The first two baths were very dirty (dye?), but the final rinse wasn't too bad.

I conditioned it twice last night with Leather Honey, and once this morning (still slightly damp from the wash). What I've read here says to keep conditioning until no more is absorbed. Is there actually a point when it will stop absorbing the Leather Honey? It seems to drink it in like water, but the leather didn't look or feel horribly dry when it arrived. I'm sure all that washing dried it out, but I'm afraid I'm going to waste my LH and wind up with a sloppy, over-conditioned bag. (Is that possible?)
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That stinks (literally) about the cigarette smell! I hope you can get it to come out.

So far so good with my Rambler, I conditioned with CPR last night after it’s bath and once again this morning. Mine also soaked it up so I’m not sure if I should do another coat of CPR or move on with the final coat of blackrocks. I’m going to see how it feels later today. My polishing cloths for the brass will arrive in a couple of days so I hope I can tackle that soon. I’m not looking forward to the polishing lol

I’ve over conditioned a bag, it was kind of tacky. I just used it and the tackiness quickly faded with use.
 
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novelnickel said:
I conditioned it twice last night with Leather Honey, and once this morning (still slightly damp from the wash). What I've read here says to keep conditioning until no more is absorbed. Is there actually a point when it will stop absorbing the Leather Honey? It seems to drink it in like water, but the leather didn't look or feel horribly dry when it arrived. I'm sure all that washing dried it out, but I'm afraid I'm going to waste my LH and wind up with a sloppy, over-conditioned bag. (Is that possible?)
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If it gets over conditioned, don't worry. It will feel sticky/tacky, and most likely not sloppy. What I did was wait a couple days, and put my bag near a sunny window, so the heat from the sun could help with the process of having the conditioner sink in. I also buffed a LOT. In time, my bag was normal-feeling and beautiful. Yours will be too.

Just condition as long as it "drinks" it in and seems to need it. Use your conditioner sparingly each time. No need to glob it on. A little goes a long way.
 
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