Andrea--with your SA did you try tying up the sides? I have a Brooks-atomica (a surgically-altered B68 with a SA cutout) and have been toying with trying to add the Brooks Imperial lacing scheme to the BA.

Over the last several weeks I've been reading the BF thread mentioned by momof4greatkids and it seems the difference between the SA and the Brooks Imperial is that the SA uses a reinforcement leather underneath while the BI uses lacing to keep the center from sagging.

Since the B68 is so wide, it doesn't take much pressure for the slot to go from relief-mode to pinching-mode. So I'm toying with adding laces. Just wondering if you'd tried that with either of your SA's.

And, momof4greatkids...how much, if any did you play with the lace tension on your BI?