Louis
04-25-2008, 12:08 AM
I have a Brooks Swift with very few miles on it. I recently noticed that the forward inner edge of one of the rivets in back is slightly higher than the leather. (This is most likely because the leather has gone down a bit, not because the rivet has moved up.) As a result, over a arc distance of about 5mm there is lip, about 0.5mm at its highest point, that given enough time will most likely chew through my shorts. All the other rivets are very smooth, sub-flush, with no edges to speak of.
Is the solution to this problem for me to just bash down the front lip of the rivet with a hammer? One can clearly see where Brooks has already done this during the initial manufacturing process and I seem to recall seeing a picture of some guy at Brooks doing this to a saddle that was being made.
TIA
Louis
Is the solution to this problem for me to just bash down the front lip of the rivet with a hammer? One can clearly see where Brooks has already done this during the initial manufacturing process and I seem to recall seeing a picture of some guy at Brooks doing this to a saddle that was being made.
TIA
Louis