Leather conditioner?

[slow poke gear]

I am looking for recommendations on a good quality leather conditioner. I have 4 shooters with multiple rigs. Leather is a pretty big investment.

What keeps the leather hydrated and in good condition?

Thanks 

            Slow poke

[Lazy Eeyour]

You might try this for conditioner. They also make a cleaner.

https://lexol.com/products/leather-conditioner-bottle/

[Buffalo gus]

Lexol and black rock conditioner are my top picks. 

[Rip Snorter]

Smithsonian (and I!) use Pecards.  Obernauf , (which I have not used),gets high ratings as well.

[Abilene, SASS # 27489]

I like Skidmores.

[Griff]

My vegetable tanned leather (most stuff from saddles & tack to belts & holsters), get Lexol.  My brain tanned elk & deer buckskins get Woolite "Delicates" & water, then lanolin.  

[JP McLintock]

I recommend skidmores leather cream used sparingly on the holsters i build, to much could soften the leather to a point where the holster wont stay open to reholster the pistol.

 

By the way, are you coming to the budfalo shoot in milan on the 28th?

[slow poke gear]

8 hours ago, JP McLintock said:

I recommend skidmores leather cream used sparingly on the holsters i build, to much could soften the leather to a point where the holster wont stay open to reholster the pistol.

 

By the way, are you coming to the budfalo shoot in milan on the 28th?

I am, this time I am bringing my son and daughter. Still trying to get the wife interested  lol

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 

Not to be contrary (yes I do).  Most of my Cowboy leather is well past 30.  I have never applied any conditioner of any sort.  Still looks good, feels good, wears good and works good.

[Sam Sackett]

Plus 1 on the Lexol. Works great and not greasy. 
 

Sam Sackett 

[Uncle Ethan # 94321]

I have used Honey Leather.

[Buckshot Bear]

Is this the lexol that folks are using?

 

[DeaconKC]

Another Lexol fan checking in

[Hoss]

Lexol is good stuff for sure. But don’t overlook Balistol. It’s not only for gun cleaning. Works well on leather, wood, just about anything! 

[Jackson Haller]

I like R.M. Williams Saddle and Leather Dressing on my gun leather these days.  Seems to need it every 1-2 years.

I still use alot of Lexol on boots, but if I want to water proof them, I use Sno-Seal.  If using Lexol, it needs to be done once a year here.

For heavy duty leather like chaps, I go with Ray Holes Saddle Butter or even Sno-Seal; these entail using a hand held blow-dryer to melt it into the leather; one treatment can last several years.

 

 Even more important, though, is to keep the leather clean; dirt and grime will eat into the creases and bends of leather.  This is especially important for leather footwear.  I usually rise and dry boots and spur straps off after shooting. I may even wash them with Lexol soap, then use the Lexol conditioner, which can be applied to still wet leather.