Hello Everyone,
Walt, I enjoyed your story. We must all really love the "good 'ole days"
to some extent or we wouldn't be messin' with steamers, right?
I received a bottle of steam oil with my Brandbright Jane (did you hear
that Accucraft? WITH the engine.) and have yet to use all of it. Ther
The scotchbrite is used as an applicator, with gentle rubbing it will remove
"grunge" buildup, etc.
Walt
Be sure its really "Neatsfoot Oil", not "Neatsfoot Oil Compound". The
"compound" is an imitation/substitute for the real thing.
Casey Sterbenz
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You can still get neatsfoot oil at sporting goods stores.
Hey Walt,
You never did tell us why you put the Scotchbrite on top of the Lard.
??
Great story on the neats' feet though. I use it on my hiking boots also.
PATDARBY
TIMBER & TALLOW BRANCH RR
COVINGTON, LA
Walt, that was a great story about the woolgathering time. (Isn't that
what a lot of the time on this list is, too?)
You can still get neatsfoot oil at sporting goods stores. It's the only
approved, official and traditional substance for softening up your
baseball glove in the spring.
-vanc
Who needs the National Geographic when we have Walt--I think that when I
was in diapers neatsfoot oil was called "dubbin" or something like that--we
used it on our football (soccer) boots--rescue me on that Sir Arthur of the
Roundhouse. ( realising, as young as you are compared to Walt and me, you
Many many eons ago, back when Uncle Geoff was still in nappies, almost every
home has a container of Neatsfoot Oil. In those bygone days, leather shoes
were about all you had for footwear (if you could afford them!) and you dang
well took care of them. Neatsfoot oil was the preferred product to
