Let Skully customise your leather saddle: Brooks, Wrights etc - trimming, tying, name embossing and de-hammocking.

keeps you interested then?

......and the subsequent reduction in pain and improvement in cycling effiency and happiness!

Hi

I have a a old brookes saddle for the 50's is there anyway you can recover them as the leather has went shit from being outside for years.

cheers

Skully,

Was thinking of chopping my own B17 and was wondering if you have any tips (PM if you want them to remain secret).
Do I need to lace/link, or is chopping fine without it?
Is it best to wet the leather slighly before chopping?
Do I need specialist tools or can I get away with old lino (printing) tools/knives?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Or would I be better of posting it to you along with some beer tokens ?

^ I recall reading something on the interweb about trimming down a brooks saddle and the guy used an angle grinder. I reckon it would have to be a stone cutting disc.

My boss used to be an upholster so I may be able to nab some tools from him and I have read on other threads about using a dremmel. with a cutting disc.

http://miketechinfo.com/new-tech-general_stuff.htm#Brooks saddle modification

May I be next in line for a saddle pimping please Mr. Skulls?
Q: What's the max number of letters in the fancy cowboy typeface on a b17 Spec?

I used a dremmel with cutting wheel.
Stank so fecking badly I'd definitly use a knife next time. I used shoelace instead of a link, i also cut the tabs for joining way too far forward so its not quite as stiff as it should be.
Was pretty easy and it looked ok on my ratty saddle, would allow skully the honour if I was gonna buy a new one tho...

Just wanted to thank Skully for the customisation job he did on my B17. Thanks!

are you still chopping?

hey!

Umm well from time to time, coppiThat. I hardly seem to find the time any more. You want? I am just sorting out one that is super soft and oily, much too soft for the rider, so I've done a kind of tied version of a swift (less hide removed), only chopped out even less than than on a swift. Hopefully once it's tied with four bolts it'll toughen up, leaving most of the flap unchopped will help keep it firm.

That^^ for marco one wasn't exactly the easiest... getting letters on the flap at the back was tricky as f.

Skully can you do lettering across the seat of a B67S? It's brand new and the leather is literally rock hard at the moment, do I need to soften it up a bit before a stamp will work?

I'm in for some stampage too if you want to combine all this ^^ on one day?

Hi Skully

Can you stamp my Team Pro please? It's a couple of months old. I'm in N16/central. In the nursery still so can't PM you

cheers

Thanks again Skully! Very happy with this.

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Mr Skully,

If you're still in the chopping game, could I request you set about my Team Pro? Have a bag of pound coins and some good port as payment.

Thanks,

Mr ocdc

Thanks again Skully! Very happy with this.

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Blimey, that's a drastic bit of chopping Skully. I hope Atticus has a very this body.

Love my lettering Mister Chops, thanks very much again. Hope this does become regular at LMNH jumble.

Hope this does become regular at LMNH jumble.

Mr Skully impressing an audience with his chopping skills

Hey Scully, I just got a Wright brown saddle, looks like a narrow B17 are you still doing the chop? The leather needs a bit of love too as its sunk a bit in some places. Thanks

Here's some stuff I've just done. That^ one is a present for someone faymuss. Which is nice.

Shane Ritchie?

Yep! He's well known for being into cycling.

And comedy. Don't forget his funniness......