I was waiting for my Gilles Berthoud Galibier saddle to arrive when I started thinking of what feed it. My co-worker offered me some of his Proofide......but dang, I just could not resist keeping it all French and went ahead and bought a tin of Berthoud's own saddle wax at smething like 9 bucks at one shop I found in the net. The stuff was absorbed really nicely at the bottom and top surfaces of the leather. Not greasy at all and there no residue sitting on the surface after you buff it off. I can already feel some suppleness developing at the sitbone area of my saddle just a couple of days after applying the wax. I like it so much that I'm thinking maybe I'll try it on one of my nice shoes one day.
So if one might not mind putting a little French stuff on their English, Chinese Japanese or Indian made saddles, I think Berthoud's wax is pretty good.

Shouldn't be too hard to reverse engineer it. It's just a matter of figuring out the ratios of the ingredients.

About to buy a Brooks Team Pro saddle. No way in hell am I buying a 40 gram $15 tin of Proofhide. Waste of money. For about $15 bucks you can get 15oz Aussie Conditioner and have enough for a lifetime. Does the same thing. Boom done.

There is something better then Profide, "Bear Guard", made by Maine Outdoor Products. It's made by a small company in Maine and has just two things in it; Bear Grease and Bee's Wax! www:bootbrease.com Super stuff. I use it on my Books seats and everything else that is made from leather. I'll never go back to Snow Seal or Profide.

When I bought my newest Brooks Pro back in 1982 or thereabouts, it came with the adjuster wrench and a tin of Proofide. Is that no longer the case?

Any of that stuff will work, having tried them all, only Proofide smells good. Ymmm