Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Does anyone still Mink Oil their boots?

My Dad was born in 1900. I remember he bought horse harnesses in 1943 and was told they were 10 years old when purchased. I remember about 1948 Dad told me we were going to oil the harnesses to keep them supple. He warmed and mixed beeswax and Neatsfoot oil. We spent about two days disassembling, applying by hand, flexing the leather, rubbing in that mixture and reassembling the harnesses. I later learned those harnesses were oiled about every year. By 1955 the horses were gone but those harnesses still hung in the barn the last time I was there about ten years ago. Though stiffened the leather was not cracking. That's a 77 year history. I have no way of knowing whether the Neatsfoot oil of then is the same as now but the beeswax sure is.
That same concoction has been mixed and applied to our leather boots over the years. At age 80 I just buy Goretex lined or rubber boots.