I was never a fan of proofhide. I've always used Obbenaufs ( since I found out about it) at least once a year sometimes twice and have never used a saddle cover. You might try going to the Obbenaufs website and see what they offer for leather treatment .My son who works outdoors in any and all weather conditions uses it on his boots and swears there is not a better leather care product available. It's worked well for me on the saddles I have and prior to that I used neatsfoot oil (like I said I was never a fan of proofhide). There are thousands of opinions on this and I might be all wrong but if something works for me I stick with it.
On Saturday, January 4, 2014 3:09:40 PM UTC-6, MikeC wrote: > > Attached are photos of my 60 cm Sam Hilborne with a Brooks B17 with about > 12,000 mi, 10,000 of which were acquired while on the Hilborne. The leather > has taken a real beating. Since the saddle has only gotten wet from rain a > few times, I attribute it to sweat. I have used Proofhide sparingly (twice > a year). Since this is my oldest Brooks and the first that is showing this > type of deterioration, I'm not sure if this is normal with this kind of > mileage. > > I'm looking for advice on how to treat it from here on out. Should I have > applied Proofhide more frequently, less often, do I just ride on, or will > it soon reach the end of it's life. At this point I'm more concerned with > properly treating my other saddles that are still looking good. > > Thanks, > > -Mike > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
