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I've been a looking online, and indeed, found several products; all of which so far seem to say 'don't use on suade'

My leather trilby, which is new (and a gift), got absolutely drenched, a while back, and the suade leather is... somewhat devoid of 'oil', and feeling so* dry

I bought a bottle of stuff, designed for hats (and for suade), but, despite having used the entire bottle, over a few applications, that really hasn't put any 'oil' back into it.

My temptation is to get out my Nicwax oil (used for ears on boots/shoes), but I'm not sure how well that'd work on suade..... canny seem to find much information online for suade, as opposed to just 'leather'

Is it possible to get products made of imitation suede with waterproof properties?

Yeh, but they're imitation, useually not very good, and always really really cheap... and I've got this one, and its not totally dammaged, just dried out somewhat (I've rescued ordinary leather, not suade, from more dried out/worse conditition than this, but don't think the same oil stuff will necessarily work on suade...)

Try a saddler if you can find one a lot of top line all weather horsey gear has suede saddles especially, you can browse the riding whip section whilst you are waiting

He might be so taken with the whips that he forgets about the real reason he came.

actually.... coincidentially, I am currently having a conversation on twitter... about the need for a visit to a proper aquestrian shop... for purchsing a decent riding crop the ... err.... 'toy' ones are... useless
Sadly don't know of such a shop near me.... but, actually thinking of it, Newmarket is just down the road, and I'm guessing they probably have a few horse/aquestrian tac shops

Pardon the correction equestrian, aquest is a female plural to borrow in Catalan, dont know the word aquestrian though.

http://www.doversaddlery.com/whips-crops/c/3801/

They seem to sell a wide assortment of stuff online. Maybe they deliver by stagecoach.

There is even a whip rack

Excellent. that's all the money I'll get for the bit of free-lance work, end of this month, nicely accounted for

Free lance ??? He's taking up jousting now! Who dose he think he is bloomin Ivenhoe.

Still must try find soemthing for repairing this suade on the hat though... getting tempted to risk using the boot nicwax liquid on it...

Dont experiment what colour is it perhaps you could dye it

There's a particular kind of nikwax you can get for suade. I haven't used it and I don't know what the difference is, but it might be worth a shot. It's probably only a couple of quid for a bottle, and it might be better than risking wrecking the hat...

Now I'm spelling "suede" the 2legs way

When this conversation started I thought it was a swede hat, inagine a Viking job with big horns

That would kind of suit the Leggster...

Strangely it would can imagine him sitting in the pub rubbing nik wax on his horns. its odd but can imagine the legster in these odd situation's

Oh. my. BoB. right. sorted. must try find some elk or moose horns, to buy... to do a custom job on my suede leahter hat (black BTW) OH... this so* has to be done.... given... my... recently quired.... err..... 'connections' to Sweden Mind.... I've still not managed to re-create the viking braid I recieved on my hair in Sweden... I just can't do it myself to my own hair

oo... nikwax designed for Suede? err.... I'm guessing I'll probably have more luck finding that online than anywhere shall try look later I really would like to get the hat fully restored, not had it long, and its basically the most expensive/decent trilby I've had (OK, I had a second hand, proper leather one years ago, but that got lost, and then only faux-leather ones, as it was hard to hunt down real leather ones....) Plus, anyhow, it was a gift wonder how I could attach the raindeer or moose or elk antlers/horns to it

If you like leather bush hats (real Aussie ones) garden centers are full of them at the moment.