Originally Posted by
smontanaro
I have a couple saddles (Brooks Pro and Ideale 80) that have small rivets which are a bit proud of the leather surface, both near the nose and back at the cantle plate. I can definitely feel them if my butt or thigh slides over/past them. Is it okay to try and set them into the leather, or am I just going to ruin the leather? (I an take some pix tomorrow, but it's too dark now.) Thx...
I had rivet on my B-17 causing issues. The rivet was raised enough to damage my shorts, but it didn't cause me an discomfort. With the Almanzo 100 right around the corner, I decided I needed to fix it. I tried a woodblock and hammer, thinking the wood could protect the leather. However, the rivet didn't budge, so I used my hammer to lightly pound the rivet directly, this worked. After this 'repair', I have a good number of miles, including 100 miles of gravel and there's no evidence of damage to the leather.
Here are some poor quality pictures of the saddle today, I see no ill-effects from this repair - it was the middle rivet that was causing the issue.
The white you see on the left of the middle rivet is flash reflection
