Can this cantle be saved?

[Jags]

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Back in my days in the Marine Corps, Leather Luster was one of the things that would get you into more trouble than anything else. I looks good when first applied but does not allow the leather to breath and is a royal pain to touch up or remove well enough to let you spit shine properly afterwards. You could always tell the young Marine who had tried it and failed. The shoe never looked good afterwards.

The Leather Luster company does sell a remover but I have never seen it used successfully.

If this cantle has been treated with Leather Luster I would suggest contacting a leather worker and asking them to duplicate a new one.

Thanks for all your suggestions. I came across this image today on the internet. It's someone selling a WW1 Gordon Highlanders sporran. Looking at the cantle, the same thing has happened to this leather. To apply the leather lustre, would the badge not have to be removed first and then put back on? This would surely be a pain - to remove and re secure those fiddly cotter pins. I'm just not sure.