I wouldn't worry even a little yet, wait a few months and see what happens.
Some leather saddles do get asymmetrical however, and it is almost exclusively because of faulty leather. Many agree on that the leather quality of Brooks saddles have decreased over the years, but as I understand it it's not entirely Brooks' fault. Good quality leather is hard to find, and quite expensive. One explanation I've heard for lower leather quality is that cattle is growing so fast now, and slaughtered so early, that the leather doesn't get a chance to develop as it should. Sounds plausible at least. Brooks are trying their best though, I'm sure of that, and all I've seen is that they are good at replacing faulty saddles, but of course it's the shop were you bought it that deals with Brooks, so your shop must be service-minded to start with. Also, Brooks do have a new special selection of saddles with high quality leather from Sweden, that should address the problems with bad leather. Higher price of course, but I'm thinking it may be worth it. The cattle is organically farmed, and the leather vegetable-tanned. Then again, the Berthoud saddles are really, really nice I must say, and my next saddle will probably be a Berthoud. Johan, Sweden Examples of mis-shaped Brooks, those easy to find on the web (at least one is probably not mis-shaped due to bad leather...): <http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/6/95664409.jpg> <http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/7311/78542524.jpg> <http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/8664/30025540.jpg> <http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9666/82460297.jpg> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/GExZaqPlgp0J. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
