Originally Posted by el twe
...I've wanted another Brooks for awhile now, but am not going to shell out 60 or 70 bucks to do so. I'm wondering if I could wrap some leather around the "problem areas" to keep it all down. Thanks a lot.
Mr. el, save your money and get a new or lightly used Brooks... They'll last you for so long, you'll wonder why you didn't get one sooner. Other than maybe trying some flexible super glue at the cracks (flex ZAP comes to mind here:
http://zap.supergluecorp.com/pt32.html ), I can't think of anything to save the old sadle once cracked at the rivets....unless you try bigger rivets!