It's religion with some folks. Most leatherworkers will tell you to use a light oil on it, let it sit a while, then wipe off the excess. Technically, if you want to shape it quickly, you have to ride it while wet with water and have it dry out slightly before you get off. It will be softer and will shape itself then set as it dries.
I've used neastsfoot oil on mine and it has not stretched out nor gotten too soft as some folks assured me it would. Any light oil will work but you want something that is volatile enough that it won't stay oily, does not have an odor and does not go rancid (ruling out most vegetable oils). Proofide, the stuff that is sold by Brooks is a mixture of paraffin, beeswax , tallow, cod liver oil and citronella oil and is very expensive. Cowhide leather, which the seat is made of, is happy enough with neatsfoot oil, made from cow material.
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