Stacked leather restoration attempt

[Retread]

There's a lot of talk about restoring leather handles, but very little information from anyone who actually knows what they are doing. I tried restoring a very dried out stacked leather handle per directions I found from Kabars engineering department involving pure beeswax and Neatsfoot oil. I didn't have high hopes due to the degree of deterioration. What I found out was, it eliminated some of the looseness of the washers, and it did put a little life back into the leather. Obviously, it didn't turn the old knife into a new one, but that's OK, it's old, like me.
Here's the pictures. First 2 before, Second 2 after. Next time, I think I'm going to maintain the temperature for a longer period of time. Perhaps increase the temperature just a bit as well.

 

[VC94]

That is great.
What was your process?

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

Yeah, I'm following this one. I have a very Ka Bar looking Ontario that I wound up with about a year ago. But it looks like some idiot painted the handle black at some point. Probably not much I can do about paint though.

 

[jeffdt]

I think I would try this as well but instead of Neat's I think I'll try Ballistol.