I recently acquired an older red imp, pictures to follow tomorrow. I soaked the linen in dawn soap and water and scrubbed with a toothbrush. It hasn't exactly removed all of the staining, but did remove alot of gunk. The leather portion was wiped off with damp paper towels then rubbed with GOOP several times. When I did this , coloring that appeared to be dye but hasn't degraded the strops coloring so far. I'm wondering if the used shoe polish on it? Am I ruining the leather? It seems less dried out, but does smell funny. Will have to pick up some oxycleaner for the linen...