heck, while you're at it, you can cook some lobsters!
Wow, that is a pretty interesting idea. A certain part of it does make sense even to my "modern city-boy" ness, as one does read of "boiled leather jerkin" that was used in the middle ages for a tough protective vest....I may have the term wrong, but boiled leather that is very hard was certainly done.

Interesting.

One would wonder though how weird the leather might be afterwards, either in shape or characteristics to really being "ready for a new break in period"-- I, in any case, am quite curious to hear what happens if the fellow actually tries this. You would also think that all the oils or whatever would be boiled out of it, so perhaps it may need some Proofide so it wont be like a rock....

this might be an interesting experiment Mr Gaseous cloud, will he dare do it? (I might be concerned what it might do around the rivets)