Thanks Chuck .
Follow up question - what about the steel frame ?
Same frame ? Didn't the B.15 have different saddle bag loops ?
Or am I just looking at B.15 saddles from one era , and B.17 saddles from another era ? Were the saddle bag loops the same on both the .15 and the .17 , during any one particular year ? Or was there really a basic style difference between the two ?
Overall saddle width & length the same ?
Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas
> Raoul Delmare wrote:
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> (cut)
> > Now then , would someone please explain to me , the relationship of
the
> > Brooks B.15 Saddle , with all of that stuff I wrote , up above ?!?!
>
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> The leather of the B.17 is cut from a better part of the cow's hide than
> the B.15. Brooks describes the B.17's leather as "select butt".
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> Since the B.15 is cut from a lesser quality part of the hide, the
> leather can (not always) be thinner than on a B.17.
>
> To clarify: Both would be cut from the same hide but the B.17 would be
> from the better part of the same hide.
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> SoPas, So Cal
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> .