"Leather food" for holster

[bighit]

I seem to remember a guy who works with leather as part of his trade telling me that neatsfoot oil may be "corrosive" or damaging to some threads, so you may need to use with caution if there is any stitching.
I also understand that there are different grades or types of neatsfoot oil, and some are "better" than others. There may be a thread about it somewhere on here, or just try a google search.
Neatsfoot oil is a by-product of animal rendering and I don't expect many rendering plants separate calves (neats) from other animals these days (from what I have seen of the industry!).

They said the same about dubbin rotting stitching.

I used it for many years and had no issues.


Neatsfoot can be acidic and may rot stitching but it depends on the thread used apparently.