And Brooks itself uses very fine leather on its Select saddles (sold by Riv, last time I looked).
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Palincsar Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: What is up with Brooks QC? On 09/10/2014 02:05 PM, Anton Tutter wrote: > Most of the 4-5 Brooks saddle's I've bought new in the past five years > have had some sort of anomaly or inconsistency in manufacture (some of > which like you mentioned), but none bad enough to warrant returning > it. The biggest issue I have with them is the poor leather quality-- > thinner than on vintage Brooks. They've held up so far, but based on > the rate of wear, I wouldn't say these are going to last nearly as > long as some of the vintage ones I've found. The used ones that I've > found that date back to the 1970s and 80s seem to have thicker leather > and give me the impression they'll last decades more... And it's not like that quality leather isn't out there: Gilles Berthoud seems to have no trouble finding it for his saddles. -- 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/d/optout. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************** This email (and any attachments thereto) is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (and any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (212) 735-3000 and permanently delete the original email (and any copy of any email) and any printout thereof. Further information about the firm, a list of the Partners and their professional qualifications will be provided upon request. **************************************************** ============================================================================== -- 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/d/optout.
