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Pulled apart both saddles today. Leather was dry and faded, sun damage my guess. You can see the protected leather is black as it should be.
It was sketchy removing the plastic and decals. Interestingly the two saddles have differently manufactured rear insert one more durable than the other.
Scanned them in for reproduction purposes if necessary.
Treated it with some oil dye and leather nourisher.
Just like a new one!
..Interesting experiment anyway. :)