Originally Posted by hairnet

I'll take em


What I love about the 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Brooks threads on the interwebz is the number of crazy things people do to try to break in their saddles faster. I recall a thread on BF where a guy suggesting submerging the damn things in motor oil, and of course, someone tried it and reported how his saddle was wrecked.

Originally Posted by Santaria

Just treat it like a traditional saddle.

Old cowboys would take traditional western saddles and throw them in the water trough. Let it soak for a few minutes in the water and then ride them literally until they're dry. Then use fat-laddened greases like neatsfeet to get oil back into the saddle. What's it all mean? Ride the thing until it molds through sweat, heat and weight.