Peter Kohler wrote:
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> (cut) Another of the Brooks "family" of saddles, Lycett (which they
> acquired long before the TI era), was the budget line before Wrights and
> they, too, had a Swallow. I have one of these and a "real" Brooks Swallow
> (1957) and the Lycett is every bit as nice.
Well, not entirely the same quality. Brooks made a B.57, B.17 and a B.15 Swallow with the B.57 and the B.17 the highest quality. The Lycett was equivalent to the B.15 in construction, but the leather was not quite as good a cut of leather as the B.15 (since Lycett was Brooks low priced line of saddles).
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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