BD I have no problem with people that can enjoy their brooks right out of the box. I have never made a post that did. I have a problem with the multiple suggestions by Brooks zealots, not you, on how to fix a Brooks that doesn’t meet the standards a person was expecting. I can accept telling people about proper adjustment for a particular saddle. Some have to be level and it seems as if some have to be slightly nose up and some nose down. But no one else jumps in and tries to convince a fellow cyclist that the problem is their fault for not breaking in their saddle correctly other than Brooks advocates.
It is like any other saddle, if it doesn’t fit try another. There are simply too many choices out there to suffer 500 to 1000 miles of Perineum discomfort just to have a leather saddle. That moves from a suggestion to a cult following. If it doesn’t cause that discomfort then it is a reasonable saddle and should be considered but if it does, people should just move on to something else. Once again in my opinion. There was a time people had to break in shoes, but there is no reason for that today even with leather. The shoe should start out comfortable and maybe get more so but not start painful and get reasonable. Same with a Saddle. That is my point.