I have an old ideal saddle that was tossed in the trash by a bike shop, while still connected to its 531 main frame Puch. I sold the Puch, but kept the saddle that was dried almost flat, looked like old grey beef jerky. Originally I planned on putting new leather on it, but decided to play with it a bit. Soaked it in water and reshaped it, while massaging pure lanolin into the leather. treated it of and on for about two weeks, slowly rubbing the lanolin in. The flare never really went out, so laced it. Now it gets proofide once a year. Don't really trust it for a multi day tour, but will do fifty milers on it fairly often. someday it will probably fail, but I did manage to give it a few more years and a few thousand miles of life. My picture is pretty crappy, but its the only one I have.