Originally Posted by
dscheidt
Good quality leather treaments are expensive. Yes, you pay a premium buying proofhide. On the other hand, a tn of proofhide will last four or five saddle-years. So it's costing less per year than a couple flats do. If you really object to proofhide, a (horse) saddler will have a wide array of suitable leather treatments. They won't be cheap, either.
+1. My last new tin of Proofhide is 3 years old,i have 2 Brooks saddles to look after. If you open the tin it looks like ive hardly put a dent in it. At the rate its going im guessing it will last me 10 years maybe more. How is that a rip off?