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Nice. Mine is still raw and porous. I tried to seal it with some Auto Glym Leather Care stuff but it hasn't worked. I'm going to try some Brooks Proofide next.

If you're going to buy them get them from Fresh Tripe, even if they don't have your colour in stock they can order them for you. I bought direct from VO, they took forever to arrive and I got stung £10.50 by customs. £2.50 for VAT and £8.00 from Royal Mail for handling. Daylight robbery.

The neatsfoot oil really works and is pretty cheep (commonly used to treat horse riding saddles). Does darken the leather though.

I ordered from VO managed to get away with customs (in Norway its 25% VAT + £12 handling for everything over £20) and found the VO service to be brilliant (worth noting that customs can take a couple of weeks to calculate VAT, WTF?).
I have also bought a pair of handlebars from Freshtrip and their service was equally brilliant though. So whatever floats your boat really ;)