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texraid	My favorite Christmas present this year	Lead	[-]
Posts: 484 (12/26/08 12:12 AM) Forum Co-host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None And it fits me too. Looks to be used a lot, a little stained and the the leather is a little dry...neatsfoot oil? Opinions? Has anyone seen the elephant patch before?
Kowsky Raider		#1	[-]
Posts: 89 (12/26/08 05:48 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Be gentle with the old leather. Maybe some Lexol on the elbows but no Neatsfoot oil. Neatsfoot oil might be OK for a tough baseball mit but it could eat through leather. Horsefeathers.
Colin		#2	[-]
Posts: 1814 (12/27/08 12:45 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Amen on the Lexol. Neatsfoot oil will burn the leather; it's alkaline.
Tangara		#3	[-]
Posts: 627 (12/27/08 09:53 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	You can use anhydrous lanolin found at a drug store for about $1.99 for a tube. No harsh chemicals and will help restore/preserve dry leather and make supple again. I found out about this product when I did a search on the same topic and came across a forum that had a museum restoration guy who recommended this method. I have tried it and it works.
texraid		#4	[-]
Posts: 485 (12/28/08 01:26 AM) Forum Co-host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I found a leather workers forum and ordered some Dr. Jackson's leather rejuvenator on their advice. Lexol was also mentioned as being good for humid climates. I think this will make a dandy range jacket after I get it back in shape....no cracks or tears. ROTC 1939, Camp Perry, sharpshooter=deep doo in a few years. I sure wish I knew what the top patch is. Art
KevinP In UK		#5	[-]
Posts: 1992 (12/29/08 01:12 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Not sure but W.W Greener had an Elephant on his butt plates? Best Regards. KP Don't let the bastards grind you down!
texraid		#6	[-]
Posts: 486 (12/29/08 08:41 PM) Forum Co-host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	KevinP In UK wrote: Not sure but W.W Greener had an Elephant on his butt plates? An individual on another board said Cal State Fullerton, CA has both a ROTC program and an elephant as mascot. Perhaps that is it.
Colin		#7	[-]
Posts: 1817 (12/31/08 12:06 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Kevin, My W.W. Greener 12 bore damascus barreled shotgun, probably from the 1880s (my great-grandfather's duck gun) doesn't have an elephant on the steel butt plate, but does have an elephant 'proof' mark on each barrel along with the regular proof marks and some other markings whose meaning I can't figure out.
BobM14		#8	[-]
Posts: 499 (12/31/08 12:43 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Very cool jacket, Art. I don't think the Cal State mascot deal holds up though. Cal State Fullerton was started in the late 50's and they adopted the Elephant as mascot in the early 60's. Armed Infidel
69396	Maybe Alabama Red Elephant?	#9	[-]
Posts: 788 (12/31/08 10:47 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Great old shooting jacket whatever its origin.