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Hi Roger,

First, I'd like to thank you for the high quality information available on this forum as well as your products and customer service. I am a repeat customer and use your products in one of my side-passions, auto detailing and restoration. You have helped me immeasurably and your breadth of knowledge about leather is--in my opinion-- unparalleled. Thank you!

I recently purchased this small bag at a local gun show ($10.00!)

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and in looking it over I'd like to bring as much of the original beauty back as I can. It's hand-constructed and the leather appears be high quality. There are scuffs and scratches to the finish, but nothing too dramatic except for:

Front flap--

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a stain or darker discoloration most noticeable on the reverse. I guess it's possible that the 'stain' or darkening is actually the leather in BETTER condition than the other parts of the bag, if that makes sense.

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'Potlach' is an Indian Tribe as well as a geographic area of the Pacific Northwest, a 'Trap' is a shooting event, so I'm surmising this bag was given to participants/winners of that shooting event in 1988.

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This area could possibly be where at some point a sticker or price tag was placed on the bag and then removed, taking some of the finish with it. There is no sticky residue (nor any residue at all that I could detect), and using Clean 3.8 did not alter it at all.

The back of the bag:

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The 3 dark areas are also a mystery to me. I cleaned the entire surface with 3.8 and there was only tiny traces of particles floated in the foaming action, a very slight discoloration of the foam.



This appears to be a spot where heavy pressure caused a slight groove or 'wear mark'. The leather isn't damaged per se, but it is grooved or compressed, and surrounded by the darker stain.





Your advice would be greatly appreciated Roger, thanks

Dave Bockman