Wear it for 20 years or garage season it. Toss it, kick it, wad it up, work under the cage with it on, etc.

 

Harley sells some good leather conditioner. I like it better than mink oil only because it is less messy and does not soak all the way through the leather . If you put on too much mink oil it will soak through and get onto your skin or shirt eventualy.

 

Through it in the dryer with 4 or 5 tennis *****.........no heat

 

I like this. Maybe one of those industrial dryers down at the laundro-mat..

 

Ive always used Neatsfoot Oil to soften a jacket, boots or chaps. If it works on a new baseball glove, it'll work on a jacket.

 

http://pecard.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?S...ode=motorcycle

pecard is made in green bay, wisconsin USA. it's all i use.

 

And there is also a product called Saddlers oil which is about the same..We use these products as well and I would certainly recommend them..http://skidmores.com/products.asp?cat=11

 

Lexol

http://www.superiorcarcare.net/lexol...FUio4AodNAKRGg

 

A "good" leather jacket shouldn't feel stiff. "Good" leather doesn't require that much break in. Cheap leather does! Having said that wear it and it should loosen up, if it starts as shoe leather it will likely end like shoe leather. My "cheap" (material not cost) leather boots haven't broken in in 4the years, my "good"leather boots broke in in less thaan 2 weeks, but like I said they didn't start out like shoe leather

 

Myths - Softening Leather by Chewing:

Indian women did not soften leather by chewing it. Soft and pliable leathers were prepared by chipping or shaving the hide using a stone or steel scraper prior to tanning the leather to thin the skin. This is an especially important step for buffalo hides. After the skin had been thinned, it was critical to work the hide by flexing and stretching over a rope or pole while the hide dried after tanning. For more information about this process see Preparing Robes and Hides. The photo at right is of a Cheyenne "Chipper" made of Elkhorn with an iron blade from the collection of the Museum of the Fur Trade in Chadron, Nebraska.

from link
http://www.mman.us/mythsleathersoftening.htm