@Sunshine mama so I was curious and tried spraying my handles with Collonil... I think this vachetta not only is pre-tanned but *may* be ore-treated. Normally when I spray brand new vachetta with Collonil, it darkens. But it didn’t darken the Petit Sac Plat handles at all.
When compared to my 1.25 year old Nano Speedy and my 1.5 year old Nano Noe (which I used last summer during a sunny vacation) you can really see how dark the vachetta is.
It is significantly darker than my Nano speeddy which isn’t brand new and pretty much the same darkness as my Nano noe.
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