It's hard to tell from the photo angles, but it looks like it is holding its shape well? If so, than it's just sweat aging and some Obenauf's LP will keep it doing just fine. https://www.obenaufs.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=30. I can't speak to Prooftide, but Obenauf's is excellent.
With abandon, Patrick On Saturday, January 4, 2014 2:09:40 PM UTC-7, MikeC wrote: > > Attached are photos of my 60 cm Sam Hilborne with a Brooks B17 with about > 12,000 mi, 10,000 of which were acquired while on the Hilborne. The leather > has taken a real beating. Since the saddle has only gotten wet from rain a > few times, I attribute it to sweat. I have used Proofhide sparingly (twice > a year). Since this is my oldest Brooks and the first that is showing this > type of deterioration, I'm not sure if this is normal with this kind of > mileage. > > I'm looking for advice on how to treat it from here on out. Should I have > applied Proofhide more frequently, less often, do I just ride on, or will > it soon reach the end of it's life. At this point I'm more concerned with > properly treating my other saddles that are still looking good. > > Thanks, > > -Mike > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
