What ratio is best (no oil moisturing through the leather) for a mixture of olive oil and beeswax and at what temperature does it melt (about; preferably in Celsius - as we are used to think in it over here)?
Cheers,
Hans
Ah will ya come out of the fog!
I’ve done an oil and beeswax mix a couple of times just by trial and error (ja, ganz undeutsch 
): I roughly half-filled an eggcup with oil and added what I would guess might be about 1:4 or 1:3 of beeswax, scraping it off the block so that it comes in flakes that melt quickly; pop it in the microwave for maybe 30 seconds at a time, add a bit more wax, repeating the process until you have a fluid that’s moderately viscous at a temperature that isn’t too high for comfort.
I did it as a precautionary seasoning for a bag that wasn’t especially leaky, and it seemed to work reasonably well.
That being said, I’d welcome any more scientific contribution to the discussion.
I would stay clear of olive oil on its own for anything period, because it is vedgetable based which attracts bugs, rots leather and eventually goes rancid, with an unpleasant smell to boot, I call it the old pipe smell, even good quality leather bags will eventually need seasoning but not with olive oil please.
A combination of ingredients is a better choice, I use a mixture of refined neetsfoot oil 500ml x 2 rosin blocks x 4 ounce of pure beeswax, heat them gently together making sure not to get the mixture smoking or this burns it and ruins it, the mixture sets to a thick lard like substance and is great for sealing stitched belows, it can sometimes be a little messy to start with, and lasts for quite a long time betwen replenishes.
For bags you can use a high quality plastic coated leather that require no seasoning whatsoever, my own bag is still going strong after ten years, I got the idea from mt mentor Peter Hunter who has done the same for the last twenty.
A little bit of knowledge can be very dangerous.
Wood Soap like Murphy’s and Crisco 1-4. Microwave til runny and mixed pour in and inflate bag to push it into seems and pores. Scientificaly formulated to remain flexible and be good for wood and leather.
After some effort I found that neetsfoot-oil is Knochenöl in German and roisin is (I think) Colophonium (the fiddlebow-stuff ?), wood soap might be Holzseife (but what is it for?), but the meaning of Crisco remains some severe problem. What the f… is that now? (Thanks though)
Cheers,
Hans
Crisco is a vegetable-oil-based shortening, used as a substitute for lard in making pie crusts. It is a solid at room temperature. Nowadays it’s primarily made from canola seed.
Thanks, Jumper! I know now: That is Mondamin. However - isn´t that a similiar problem like with olive-oil? Verminfood that starts to rot after a few years? I could imagine though that by adding some soap it might not taste that good any longer. On the other hand - doesn´t beeswax contain natural preservatives (bees´ poo perhaps? - pipey might know 
)?
Hans
Honey (unpasturized) is a natural anti-biotic. They used to (and some still do) use it to treat wounds to keep them from becoming infected. I don’t know if the wax has the same quality.
Do not, however, DO NOT feed raw honey to children(under one year)! There is a serious issue with (if I remember which wee beasty it is correctly) botulism.
Dionys
Take a look at this discussion.
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=34830&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0