b15 brooks restoration advice.

so picked this up off ebay today, thinking of haing a go at this with some
black kiwi parade gloss to darken it down an nourish the leather, maybe a bit of dubbin after to proof? anyone any good resto tips or tried this?

Best of luck, that looks thoroughly past it.

I've seen similar cleaned up, it doesent need to have style points just provide a place to rest my arse.

cracks seem to be on surface, was cheap, see how it works out.

The black kiwi will come off and stain your trousers when riding.
It looks quite dry so get some Brooks proofide if you can and apply at the top, on the underside and on the edges. It will soak most of it quite quickly so apply again and leave it for a few days in a warm place so it soaks in.
Then put it in a cool place and buff it when it's not oily. See how it look and might to repeat again.
It is not guaranteed that you will have a saddle forever but I think is the best way to start out.

agree, plenty of proofide, probably a few times over. I'd place it in the oven on 40 degrees or something for 20 minutes first to heat the leather, then wack on loads of proofide. I had a similar looking saddle sorted out that way. Wasn't that bad, but not far off.

Get your local shoe mender to skim off the flaky stuff, then buff it hard with cloths & beeswax.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jey99gvlj1m8tal/20140612_195451.jpg

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So hairdryer and kiwi neutral polish from poundland =

much wrinkly