No, I did the lacing myself (which explains a lot ). I have a Brooks Imperial which actually has more holes, smaller and closer together. I'm kind of ham-fisted when it comes to this type of project and I had some trouble lacing the Imperial, so I made the holes larger. I used one of these leather punches and set it to a medium size. It made running the laces easier. I used a 90 inch nylon woven boot lace, primarily 'cause that's what they had in the store.

Here's what the Imperial looks like direct from the factory:



Note that they only lace the middle few holes...I didn't like the way that looked.

As long as I had the camera out, I took a shot of the shape of the slot that Brooks cuts; again, box stock:



Sorry about the quality of the pix...I'm kinda ham-fisted when it comes to photography, too