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I've had a search but found nothing relating to brooks with full blown rips in them.
Got this on an old falcon I'm currently converting, As you can see it's pretty old and has a tear in the leather at the back and slight cracking tearing at the front around the rivets. I think it must be due to over-tightening, as it's pretty solid and doesn't have seem to have moulded to a shape you might expect. Also, about a third of the adjuster bolt has snapped off. The saddle rails have a bit of give, with quite alot of rust around the back plate.
Would sewing up the rip make this useable again? Because the rip has happened right on the edge of the back plate there's no room to get another piece of leather in and rivet it or anything like that. I'm not so bothered about how it looks, Would just like to be able to use it without damaging it any further. Seems a shame to not be able to use it.