Thread: What Neatsfoot Oil Does

I've read about what Neetsfoot Oil can do and have used it sparingly for some minor cleanups of horn scales. But last week I got a pair of Graves in, and decided to soak both in Neatsfoot with the blades attached so that I could see if the scales were with saving. One is either real tortoise shell or blonde horn made to look like it, and the other is blonde horn with some embossing. I'd like to save both if they are in shape to be saved.

I put each into its own double baggie and added Neatsfoot. Both were very dry, heavily encrusted, neither were translucent, and both looked like my kids' noses did after a long night of runny noses. After 4 days of soaking in a warm room, here's where they're at today. That's quite a transformation! Tomorrow I'll pull them both out, drain, dry, and see whew we're at. Just thought it was interesting.