I don't believe adding tension across like I did should effect the longitudinal tension, but it should make for a stiffer feel, and reduce the hammock effect a bit. I don't know, but I beleve this is important since I removed som material from the sides. Theoretically this will be stiffer than a standard B-17, but WTF do I know about it, the closest I have to a Brooks in as ancient Wright that was broken in by someone else's ass decades before I rescued it from a free pile at a yard sale.

I don't have the specs at hand, but I know the special has the same dimensions as the B-17 both are a few mm wider than the n. I probably would have prefered the n, but the price was right on this one, and I narrowed it up in the nose a bit anyway.