[Trombone-l] Leather case care? HELP!!!

[ALEX ILES]

You're probably gonna have to "go with it" here, Sam and let your  
cases "distress". You ought to get at least 10 years out of them  
looking decent.

Then again, you could get a cordura bass bag and stick the leather  
tenor bag in that...

Then get a cordura contra bag and stick the leather bass bag in THAT...

Nesting gig bags!!

;-)

Love that dog story.

I guess dogs love gig bags.

My dog used to "bury" chew toys in my gig bag all the time. I'd find  
them at rehearsals. I'd throw the bag over my shoulder and hear a  
little dink-dink of something in there rolling around in there.

Now whatever happened to that last page of my Blazevich book?

Now,I have my suspicisions...

LX
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On Sep 8, 2007, at 7:08 AM, sabutin wrote:

> OK folks...
>
> So here I am, the proud possessor of not one but TWO slightly used,
> really good looking leather trombone bags.
>
> Me...the guy who vowed never to buy another leather case maybe 15
> years ago because my beautiful custom-made Joe's House of Sandals bag
> took such a beating in NYC and on the road that after several years
> it began to look like it had been USED as footwear.
>
> Me...the guy who has gotten 8 and 10 and even 15 years out of some
> cordura Reunion Blues bags. (With the help of a little dollop of
> Super Glue once in a while.)
>
> Both of these bags were offers that I simply couldn't refuse.
>
> So...now that I am masquerading as a grownup, I'd like to keep these
> fine pieces of the casemaker's art looking good.
>
> How do I best go about that?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I used to use mink oil...but that is some funky stuff[!!! I gave up
> on it one hot summer day when a pack of dogs started following me and
> my freshly oiled leather gig bag down the street in a suburban
> neighborhood of Brooklyn.
>
> Baying.
>
> For real.
>
> And besides...the bag STILL looked like it had been left out in the
> Sahara sun for a couple of years.
>
> Only greasier.
>
> All cracked...
>
> And the mink oil stained by clothes sometimes, too.
>
> I mean...even $5 T-shirts can add up.
>
> So.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> I really would like to keep these cases looking nice.
>
> Thanks...
>
> S.
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