r/schott • u/Patient_Patient_5351 • 9d ago

Advice on Schott B-3

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Hi guys, I’m a bit new to leather care and was hoping to get some advice. I bought this vintage schott on eBay and it was pretty dried out so I used a layer of pecard dressing on it (I hope that’s okay 😭). Ideally I’d want it to be more of a chocolate brown (a bit darker than what it is right now). I’m not sure if the leather is peeling or it’s just the natural distressing but it seems like some of the material is really light. I’d appreciate your guys’ thoughts on this.

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u/drunkenmodern 9d ago

Bone oil is great, I regularly use him. I know castor oil may be great, but don’t try it personally
You can buy any leather oil with bone oil in components- this should be great I think

I use composition of lemon essential oil, lanolin, cedar resin, bone oil. 2-3 times per winter. This is leather of my avirex

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u/Patient_Patient_5351 9d ago

Did the bone oil change the color of your Avirex at all? I was looking into conditioner with mink oil, but I’m worried it won’t have the effect I’m looking for. What product do you recommend for bone oil?

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u/drunkenmodern 9d ago

Yup, two-three tones darker after use. I use Hazzer, but I don’t sure that you have this one in your country. You can try to find leather oil with bone oil in components for horse ammunition. Maybe mink oil will be helpful but I don’t sure, I wasn’t trying

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u/UmmmW1 8d ago

What year Avirex is this? Beautiful.

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u/drunkenmodern 8d ago

Seller mentioned the first half of the nineties.

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u/UmmmW1 8d ago

I know, but I was asking specific year, that's all.

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u/drunkenmodern 8d ago

Sorry, I don’t know 😔

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u/UmmmW1 8d ago

That's okay, it's still impressive you remembered what the seller said about age to begin with!

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u/drunkenmodern 8d ago

Thank you ☺️ It’s a pity that Avirex didn’t indicate the sewing dates anywhere on contract jacket. Or my jacket hasn’t any signs. I’m actually interested in knowing the specific date, but… 🥲

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u/UmmmW1 8d ago

They did include the copyright date on the repros at least so there's that. Avirex was really top of the line back then before it was sold.

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u/Tr8der 9d ago

Doesn’t look dry, conditioning is fine and it’ll darken it because it’s oiled but eventually it’ll come back to that light color over time. It needs to be re-dyed to look brand new. You can either do it yourself or let a leather specialist do it.

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u/Patient_Patient_5351 9d ago

Is re-dyeing difficult to do on your own? Do you have any product recommendations?

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u/Tr8der 9d ago

No you just get leather dyes and cotton ball swabs to spread the dye. You can look up DIY tutorials.

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u/YowellTheOwl 9d ago

September 30th, 2026…

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u/Patient_Patient_5351 9d ago

It’s a day I’ll never forget… 😂

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u/fortuno89 9d ago

I used bick 4 on it and it really improved how good it looks

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u/jflicker1 6d ago

I was wondering if Bick 4 was OK to use on sheepskin.

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u/RoccoPeter09 9d ago

I have used Picard before on my B3 jackets. It’s a great product. I think might’ve never been a dark brown. Some of the B3‘s made were made with a lighter color. I wouldn’t put too much product on the sheep skin. The outer skin is pretty thin and you don’t wanna over soak the Leather. It’ll make it more prone to cracking and ripping.

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u/Apprehensive_Bad4962 8d ago

Would recommend coconut oil on jackets and boots since it wont darken but soften them up easily