Sheepskin preservation

Hi,

I had a lovely sheepskin flying jacket from (Cirrus in Norfolk-who seem to no longer exist) many moons ago but it became holey and started tearing. Cirrus patched it up for me but new tears kept appearing and finally it was no longer wearable unless I wanted to look like a vagrant.

I had worn it day in day out for years, in all weathers so thought I had probably had fair wear out of it, but I do wonder what I might have done to better preserve it.

I suspect that it didn't help that I...

Sheepskin preservation