Here are a couple that have been mildly cut. They have both had leather removed from their noses - I haven't finished working on mine yet:
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This an article about saddle blocking on Classic Lightweights:
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk...-blocking.html
From that I see that 'blocking' refers to altering the curve of the cantle and 'butchering'to the trimming of the leather.