As Dennis points out, cool, but as hard as a rock.
The question isn't the rarity of a Fujita, but has anyone ever seen one that wasn't as hard as a rock? Do they break in before the rider does?
Ann Phillips Decatur GA
>Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 20:42:56 +0900
>From: Dennis Young <mail@woodworkingboy.com>
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>Subject: [CR]Fujita saddles
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>I feel fortunate to have picked up two very nice and still unused Fujita
>track saddles at the Japanese auction, one with Y.R.C. Fujita stamped on it,
>the other marked Fujita professional. The Y.R.C. one has a 1962 date
>stamped on the underside, the "profesional" has copper rivets. Man, the
>leather on these is hard as a rock! Either of these saddles ever make it
>over to your side of the pond?
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>Hope the ofuro relieves the posterior pain.
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>Dennis Young
>Hotaka, Japan