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My experience --with two saddles: a B17 and a Flyer-- has been that recent Brooks saddles are softer than old Professionals. It could be that I ruined mine with too much proofide, though I did not use a lot.
Given that there are far more complaints about Brooks saddles being too hard than being too soft, I imagine the softness of the recent saddles is not a defect, but a feature.
That's part of the reason I've started recovering old saddle frames. The ones I've recovered are really hard.