any FOTs know about leather treatment?

[yesno]

Also other interior parts of the bag are fine.

[Sarah]

I haven't spoken to my friend yet, but it just occurred to me that a solution might be to glue fabric to the inside of the strap.  Silk would be nice, and a thin fabric would certainly be easier to glue securely, but you might be better off with something more sturdy.

[yesno]

Firehose canvas.

[JustSheaNo]

But if the leather is already peeling, shedding, then wouldn't the glued on fabric still strip away, since the leather itself is what's corroded? Maybe condition the leather and then attach the fabric, so that the leather stops disintegrating, but your clothes are protected from whatever you treat the leather with...


just a thought.

[Sarah]

I was thinking that if yesno brushed off the loose bits and then coated the entire surface of the comparatively intact leather with glue, the thing might stay together.  But conditioning it first might be a good idea, although it would be important to check whether the conditioner were compatible with the glue.

[Sarah]

Finally talked to my friend.  Her best suggestion?  Replace the strap (she recommends moose or buffalo as particularly tough).  Another was to enclose it in a tube of leather.  Last was to brush off the crumbs and glue a piece of leather to the underside of the existing strap, being careful to cover its entire surface and--surprise, surprise--to use the proper glue.

[yesno]

Thanks, Sarah.

This is a brand new bag, and the shedding has been tapering off a bit.  But I think I'll do the tube thing; it can be removed later.

[Sarah]

Glad to have been slightly useful.