Originally Posted by
Tony Miller
The red dye thing is normal, it will rub off for a while, if oiled of treated it may forever rub off. Fromm conditioner will take the olor right out of a new Illinois strop as well. Other than on chrome tanned leathers I find most dye will come out if oils or dressings are used.
The wiki and "genuine leather". Remember, this wiki, like most on the web is written by it's users, not always the experts. I did not agree with the soap thing on Latigo and pointed it out. I explained that on most, natural tanned (which happen to appear tan) leathers the soap thing seems to work fine. I explained that Latigo is tanned and treated differently, as are bridle and harness leathers, some are more waxy, some are more oily. I gave an explanation of dressing these leathers to those actually editing the wiki, they gave me a proof copy where I objected to the "genuine" leather wording as they did not understand leather. It seems they never corrected their copy before posting.
Tony