If you have a good shoe repair/leather shop nearby, you could take it and your saddle in to ask about other options. If the leather has not yet been oiled, you could consider dyeing it to match. Good leather dyes can be mixed to try for an exact match. If a leather shop will consider doing this for you, have them find a leather scrap close to the color/texture of yours to test it on first.

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