Restored Post 16: The Restoration Period
Updated: Nov 14, 2022
One can achieve some incredible results in returning your 100-year-old gunleather to presentable; assuming it's not 19th century in which case 'red rot' of the leathers tanned then is an insurmountable enemy. This post has been used successfully by many :-)
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This is the present-day condition of an Ernst. Lots of clues there tell you it was made early 20th century by a saddlery:

Read all about the evolution of today's gunleather during the 20th century in the second edition of my book, published 2022 and available at www.holstory.com .