Vintage western saddle makers marks

Hello everyone! My guess is circa 70s vintage based on the style.

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Vintage western saddle makers marks

I'd like your help identifying the maker of this saddle please. I purchased it last week and took it to the saddler for re-fleecing. He can find no maker's mark, but is very curious about it because of the high quality of the saddle. He believes it is S. Western in origin or maybe even Mexican. It has a 15 inch gold seat stitched with a beautiful fire pattern. Every piece of it is doubled leather except for the stirrup wrap ties and the saddle weighs over 50 pounds. The horn is flat and 4 inches in diameter. The cantle is elephant ear. The double rigging is in-skirt. The rivets are copper. Their is a pocket in the skirt for the tree.

Len Babb Jr. Hello everyone! You saddle may be a little older than mine going by the cantle style which was called elephant ear.

Log in. Sign up. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Status Not open for further replies. Usually, saddles have the maker's MARK in some location on the saddle.

Log in. Sign up. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Status Not open for further replies. It's older, has roses tooled on the leather and real silver on the horn and around the skirt, which is round.

Vintage western saddle makers marks

I just purchased this saddle and was told it is possibly a Dorie Reese but it has no maker's mark or stamp. I wiIl get the saddle on the 22nd and can post more pics then. I thought I was aware of most vintage saddle makers but this one has me stumped. The only thing I can find is a vintage Dorie Reese reiner for sale with similarities such as jockey shape and seat shape, material and color. Does anyone on here know anything about Dorie Reese saddles? I have never heard of this maker and the seller had no luck finding anything either. She is just going by what she was told. This one was made in the 60s. As you can tell, the stirrups are not original and the fleece has recently been replaced. I wanted to add that I was told this particular saddle was made by an employee of Dorie Reese on the side and was never really marketed, as the maker didn't want to lose his job.

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That is where the number is stamped. Hmm thought I could post a photo. The more I look at this saddle I can't help but think it was made by Big Horn saddlery. Just got back from Mr. Report post. Tood Jeys. Jolley's with the other skirt to clean. Helena, MT In cleaning it, it was obvious that the horse beneath it worked very hard through mud and manure as it and sweat were embedded in the stirrups and fenders , and then the saddle fell into ignorant hands and was neglected. ID Capstone School of Saddlery. Ryan and Lisa Cope. Word of Mouth Leather. Does it look familiar to anyone? Eddie Brooks Saddlery.

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Towner, ND Buffalo, WY Top Contributors this Month View All. All you saddlemakers imagine how much easier it would be to get a saddle out of 2 sides if you didn't have to reserve the best part of one hide for a seat but could cut a right and left piece- seat jockey with a little extra and hide on the top edges and join the whole thing with a padded seat. Posted June 18, If it's an older saddle, many saddle repair shops offer information on popular saddle makers and saddle types. Livingston, MT Ceder City, UT San Angelo, TX The pictures in post 6 show the exact same saddle that I'm talking about! The saddle has all of the earmarks of a SE made saddle , probably Chattanooga Tenn. Jeremiah Watt.