Some people really obsess about suspended leather saddles, but I'm fine with the fact that they are an item more-or-less handmade from a natural material and I tolerate and even expect a degree of variance. I don't find it hard to believe that they are changed slightly as the years progress and that Brooks sees not reason to put a press release when they buy a new press or mold or whatever.

If you were to pull the skirts in a bit on the black saddle would it not more closely resemble the shape of the honey one?

I don't mind a good TWSS, but that was a softball that didn't deserve a swing.