Originally Posted by
soma2x
Oh yeah, forgot to mention I drew a cut-out pattern on paper, cut it out and used a glue stick to stick it to the surface of the saddle. Then I traced around it carefully with a very sharp pocket knife to score the pattern into the saddle. Then I removed the paper pattern and did several shallow cuts around the scored pattern. Eventually it cut all the way through the leather; took about an hour soup to nuts.
That is basically what I did. I didn't need to do the lacing at all. It has been about a year since I did it. No sagging at all.