>>Take your saddle to a saddle maker and have him/her take a beveler to the billets. This will take some of the width out of them, without compromising the integrety of the leather, and making the billets easier to pull thru the buckles
it's a shame that you spend all that money on this saddle and then have to pay a saddle maker to correct a little billet problem. I wonder why Torsion does not correct this issue themselves?