Brooks B17 Ladies Model Saddle $60
11-23-21, 12:42 PM
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Brooks B17 Ladies Model Saddle $60
Sold!
I don't know this saddle's story before I got it, but it isn't very old. I got it as a wreck; nose hardware (shackle clip and bolt) missing, top badly misshapen, nasty abrasions on the leather, it looked bad. My intention was to put new leather on it, but once I had it in hand I realized the leather was okay. I reshaped the leather, replaced the missing hardware, replaced one rivet that had popped out, and did what I could for the abrasions on top. It's definitely a used saddle, but I think it's fine; the leather is in excellent shape, only a little discolored here and there.
The abrasions on the top, if you're looking at the pictures, are (1) the darker area between the rivets at the center of the cantle plate (where the saddle hits the pavement if you turn the bike upside down to work on it) and (2 and 3) at the ends of the cantle plate (where it touches when you lean it on a brick wall). I applied gum tragacanth and burnished the areas with a bone tool. It came out pretty well, but it will never be perfect.
Anyway, I was thinking it's worth $60 shipped within the contiguous US.
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11-27-21, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by rhm
I don't know this saddle's story before I got it, but it isn't very old. I got it as a wreck; nose hardware (shackle clip and bolt) missing, top badly misshapen, nasty abrasions on the leather, it looked bad. My intention was to put new leather on it, but once I had it in hand I realized the leather was okay. I reshaped the leather, replaced the missing hardware, replaced one rivet that had popped out, and did what I could for the abrasions on top. It's definitely a used saddle, but I think it's fine; the leather is in excellent shape, only a little discolored here and there.
The abrasions on the top, if you're looking at the pictures, are (1) the darker area between the rivets at the center of the cantle plate (where the saddle hits the pavement if you turn the bike upside down to work on it) and (2 and 3) at the ends of the cantle plate (where it touches when you lean it on a brick wall). I applied gum tragacanth and burnished the areas with a bone tool. It came out pretty well, but it will never be perfect.
Anyway, I was thinking it's worth $60 shipped within the contiguous US.
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12-21-21, 12:25 PM
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