Originally Posted by The Fixer

Since the Pro is the stiffest saddle in the Brooks line, I don't worry much about the skirts flaring out. Actually, they don't at all for me. I met one guy the other day with a fairly new Swift saddle in which the skirts were tied in the middle. Only the rear and the nose were trimmed. I was surprised to feel his saddle was baseball glove soft. He used some kind of leather softner..... but that was just waaay too soft for a saddle, IMO. Without the tie, the skirts would definitely flare out and the saddle will sag. My Swift is butchered, untied, stiff, & very comfortable.

George