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valv54 said:
I was hoping my burgundy Saddlery would get here today, but alas, they forgot to put her on the truck this morning. Instead, I will show you my flannel gray saddlery and a study in conditioners. I put many coats of renapur on her after I dunked, but the scratches and stiffness just wouldn't let up. Got some blackrocks and, well, it’s alot better, becoming softer with every application. Scratches won't budge though but its ok.

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Did this bag become softer after more Blackrocks? Do you have Leather Therapy and Restorer? The reason why I’m asking is because I have a gray NYC bag (the skinny flight bag) that’s super stiff. I know some bags are naturally more stiff but this one is like... cardboard. I’m deciding whether I should try buying it and using it on it because my preference is for floppier leather haha. I haven’t dunked mine yet but been putting on multiple coats of CPR before washing and it’s not letting up.
 
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CPSE said:
Did this bag become softer after more Blackrocks? Do you have Leather Therapy and Restorer? The reason why I’m asking is because I have a gray NYC bag (the skinny flight bag) that’s super stiff. I know some bags are naturally more stiff but this one is like... cardboard. I’m deciding whether I should try buying it and using it on it because my preference is for floppier leather haha. I haven’t dunked mine yet but been putting on multiple coats of CPR before washing and it’s not letting up.
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I put quite a few coats of renapur and blackrocks on my gray saddlery, also she sat in a warm room. It seems that blackrocks made her softer. I also brushed the suede, which helped as well. Ive used leather therapy before, on wet leather that wasn't really worn, and it worked great, but i found if the leather was worn and rough, leather therapy left the leather kind of sticky, especially after multiple coats.
 
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I will never do an auction with the make an offer option again. Auction with BIN, yes, with offer, nope. Someone made a decent offer that I would have taken once I was up, online and saw it, but then someone pUt in a bid which apparently cancels out the offer option. I didn’t know that.
 
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valv54 said:
I put quite a few coats of renapur and blackrocks on my gray saddlery, also she sat in a warm room. It seems that blackrocks made her softer. I also brushed the suede, which helped as well. Ive used leather therapy before, on wet leather that wasn't really worn, and it worked great, but i found if the leather was worn and rough, leather therapy left the leather kind of sticky, especially after multiple coats.
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I think I’m going to get it to try. All my NYC bags with the exception of 2 have this common stiffness to them even after multiple coats of cpr/blackrocks/renapur combo, as well as brushing the inside suede and a lot of buffing the outside inbetween conditioning. The skinny flight is the worst though! It’s probably from being left to die in the depths of a closet for many years, haha.
 
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aerinha said:
I will never do an auction with the make an offer option again. Auction with BIN, yes, with offer, nope. Someone made a decent offer that I would have taken once I was up, online and saw it, but then someone pUt in a bid which apparently cancels out the offer option. I didn’t know that.
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I wondered about that. I think the BIN goes away also if someone puts in a bid. It depends on the BIN price.
 
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I just started polishing the hardware on a NYC bag today and got a little freaked out because it looked like silver was starting to peek through (even though I know it's solid brass). Turns out the actual color is like a light silvery gold, for some reason it seems much lighter than the hardware on any of my other bags. Anyway I'm not done yet but what a difference already - and all it took was half a bottle of Brasso and my entire morning :lol:

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Mambutt said:
I just started polishing the hardware on a NYC bag today and got a little freaked out because it looked like silver was starting to peek through (even though I know it's solid brass). Turns out the actual color is like a light silvery gold, for some reason it seems much lighter than the hardware on any of my other bags. Anyway I'm not done yet but what a difference already - and all it took was half a bottle of Brasso and my entire morning :lol:

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Looks great! And you have the nautical hardware with anchors!
 
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Mambutt said:
I just started polishing the hardware on a NYC bag today and got a little freaked out because it looked like silver was starting to peek through (even though I know it's solid brass). Turns out the actual color is like a light silvery gold, for some reason it seems much lighter than the hardware on any of my other bags. Anyway I'm not done yet but what a difference already - and all it took was half a bottle of Brasso and my entire morning :lol:

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It’s beautiful! And sounds therapeutic. Only thing is that now you’re committed to polishing it all that well :biggrin:
 
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valv54 said:
I put quite a few coats of renapur and blackrocks on my gray saddlery, also she sat in a warm room. It seems that blackrocks made her softer. I also brushed the suede, which helped as well. Ive used leather therapy before, on wet leather that wasn't really worn, and it worked great, but i found if the leather was worn and rough, leather therapy left the leather kind of sticky, especially after multiple coats.
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I did this with leather therapy - ruined a very, very vintage all leather LL Bean bag and cracked it all over. Still makes me sad to think about it and now I'm scared of Leather Therapy.
 
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