Originally Posted by
due ruote
I'm a true believer when it comes to refurbishing stuff, but I'd say the OP's saddle is long gone. Cover, foam, shell, rails...I just don't see the point.
I have recovered a number of saddles, and it went pretty much as shown in the video a couple posts back.
The leather I used was "upholstery leather" which looks like what's in the video, and is typically on the order of 2mm thick.
The original leather that I have removed from worn saddles (Concor, Flite mostly) has been about half that thickness, which goes a long way toward explaining how the factory got the corners and undersides to look so good.
The upholstery leather works OK if you are careful, and probably will last longer.
If you want to try for the original look, I'd suggest sourcing some 1mm goatskin. There are sellers on Etsy who have that sort of thing.
the rails are fine. If they look bent in the photos they are not. The foam is complete and good condition except the missing part on the one corner. Sculpting is what i envision as well. If i could use a piece of cardboard as a backer i could use some kind of two part epoxy to span the broken section. Then use bondo to sculpt the contour the same as the good side. Once satisfied with that, put the original foam back on, find a scrap piece of foam for the missing section, and recover with 1mm goatskin. Dye. And install. Not sure if that is realistic.