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We want to re-check this serial number. Please visit nportersaddle.com and contact us in the “Lets Start Here” form. We’re glad to help! BNP

Please visit nportersaddle.com and contact us with this serial number in the “Lets Start Here” form. We’re glad to help! BNP

We have pulled this build card. It is very special! Please visit nportersaddle.com and contact us with this serial number in the “Lets Start Here” form. We’re glad to help! BNP

Please visit nportersaddle.com. We’re glad to help! BNP

Clearly this is a Tucson but we’re trying to figure out the serial #. Please visit nportersaddle.com and contact us with this serial number in the “Lets Start Here” form. We’re glad to help! BNP

Please visit nportersaddle.com and contact us with this serial number in the “Lets Start Here” form. We’re glad to help! BNP

We have pulled your build card. Please visit nportersaddle.com and contact us with this serial number in the “Lets Start Here” form. We’re glad to help! BNP

Please visit nportersaddle.com and contact us with this serial number in the “Lets Start Here” form. We’re glad to help! BNP

Please visit nportersaddle.com and contact us with these serial numbers in the “Lets Start Here” form. We’re glad to help! BNP

Beautiful saddle. Definitely made by my grandfather. Please visit nportersaddle.com and contact us with this serial number in the “Lets Start Here” form. We’re glad to help! BNP

Jan, We’ve pulled 19893 and 19898. Question are the initials E.C.H. stamped on the back of the cantle? thanks, BNP

Please visit nportersaddle.com and contact us with this serial number in the “Lets Start Here” form. We’re glad to help! BNP

Circling back to our account here. Did we respond to you regarding this saddle?

Thanks so much for sharing! We are always on the search for N. Porter Saddles and thoroughly enjoy connecting with owners and collectors. Though my family is no longer making saddles, we are still providing services to clients around the world. Today, our efforts are to connect N. Porter saddle owners with their saddle's history, by verification, and authentication utilizing the 30,000 build cards in our library. Should your search lead you to an N. Porter saddle, we're here with its history. Barkley N. Porter https://www.nportersaddle.com

I will add to my list of build cards to pull.

Good Afternoon: Please forgive the tardy reply. I'll need more than (T417). Please locate and forward a complete serial number. Thanks, BNP

Cattledude: There IS something about an old saddle! And, if I may say, an old Porter saddle! YinTx: I have Porter catalogues from the mid-1920's. Some of the most beautiful saddles were built in that era. The stamping patterns included images of bronc riders, Saguaro cactus, mares & foals, etc., etc. BNP

YinTx: My Great Grandfather - Newton Porter - opened his business in 1875. The "Porter style carving" you refer to references the various "stamping patterns" most famously seen on custom-built Porter saddles. There were a number of patterns: Wickenburg Stamping, Nogales Stamping, Phoenix Stamping, Showlow, Gila Bend, Bonita, etc., etc. The pattern JayEhl displays in the first piece, includes elements of the Safford Stamping, featured of the Porter No. 726 (most notably known as the Jack Skipworth Trophy) saddle. Best, BNP

Wow, a Port Parker! Have not seen one of these in a very, very long time! Get me the serial number, and I'll be happy to pull the build-card. Best, BNP

Ok, now I can verify the origins of this saddle. It was built by my Uncle Bill Porter (William N. Porter). So, not a saddle made by the N. Porter Saddle Co., but one made by one of N. Porter's Grandsons. That said, I have no build cards for any of Bill's saddles. The 30,000 build cards I do have are for the original N. Porter saddles. Glad we got to the bottom of that! BTW, I can't answer why the "new" designation... Best regards, BNP

Hi there, and thanks for sending these photos. I have a few concerns. First, the serial number is located in the wrong place. Porter saddles made AFTER July 19, 1933, have the serial numbers stamped on the left skirt underneath the rear housing. Porter saddles made between 1916 to July 19, 1933, have the serial numbers stamped on the near fender underneath the stirrup leather. In my opinion, this saddle was not built between 1916 and 1933. It appears to be newer than that. Thus, the serial number should be located on the left skirt underneath the rear housing. Is there a makers-mark/brand anywhere on the saddle? The latigo keeper/holder has "Tommy" stamped on it. I can't account for this. From my perspective, I'm not seeing what I need to see in terms of determining if this is a genuine Porter saddle. Please help. Many thanks, BNP

Can you photograph the serial number? And photos of the saddle?

Hello: Send me the serial number. I may have the build-card among the 35,000 or so build-cards for Porter saddles. It will give the history. BNP