N.Porter Saddle

[DouglasTowne]

Hi BNEWTONP,

I'm writing an article on Porter's Western Wear store and saddle shop. Can you contact me?

Thanks,

Doug

[Hende4]

On 6/11/2019 at 2:36 PM, BNEWTONP said:

My great grandfather was N. Porter. My grandfather kept individual records for more than 36,000 Porter saddles ever made. I have those saddle records. Perhaps you might locate the serial number. The serial number is found on the (near-side) stamped on the rear skirt, under the rear jockey.

I have serial number 9395 do you have any information on it?

[TonySFLDLTHR]

I have a guy that has contacted me and has a N. Porter Saddle.

Serial #11474

Would love to make contact with you @BNEWTONP there are some museums that would love to talk with you as well. This would be awesome if we could digitize this catalog!

[SarahBTack]

Hi, I recently acquired this N. Porter saddle. It's stamped with J313301 under the cantle.  I can't find any other stamp besides the makers stamp on the latigo keeper. Anyone have any info on it? Hoping to restore it.  Leather is good,  fleece and stirrup leathers need replacing.  

Edited December 7, 2020 by SarahBTack

[Laurenalexander]

On 6/11/2019 at 1:36 PM, BNEWTONP said:

My great grandfather was N. Porter. My grandfather kept individual records for more than 36,000 Porter saddles ever made. I have those saddle records. Perhaps you might locate the serial number. The serial number is found on the (near-side) stamped on the rear skirt, under the rear jockey.

I just stumbled on this thread. I have a beautiful Porter saddle and would love to get any information on it if you're able to! The numbers on it are: PAT NO. 2666285 and Q35330 (possibly Q35430). It looks as though a 3 and a 4 were stamped in the same place. I have only just created an account on this forum to contact you so if you could email reply I would so very much appreciate it! laurenalexander.me@gmail.com

I haven't quite figured out how to add photos just yet, but I could definitely email them to you.

Thank you!

-Lauren

 

[Sanchez]

Hi everyone, interesting post, I just happen to have one of the saddles serial number T902 made by N PORTER CO TUCSON ARIZONA  I’ll post some pics when I figure out how to do it from this page, lol, maybe I can get some info on it, it will be greatly appreciated, thanks!!

[Turbocooljet]

On 6/11/2019 at 3:36 PM, BNEWTONP said:

I have a porter saddle and it has swastikas stamped in it.. I was looking for a number stamped and could not find one, but after I lifted the price be hind the canal I found 821.

 

[Turbocooljet]

 I have a porter saddle that has been in the barn for years and I drug it out to see what it was.. it is in rough shape.. I read about porter saddles and this one has swastikas stamped in it... I read were there was 36,000 of these saddles made... I looked for a number and found a number of 821 behind the canal under the leather..not sure what the oldest one out there is but I would have to say this one is old.. is there anyone that would like to restore it back to original or maybe there is someone to tell me if my info is correct.  
Respectfully

Justin

[Journay]

Hello I am looking for the receipt for my n porter saddle serial number t147 could you help me? The original owner was macabee 

[Journay]

On 6/11/2019 at 5:01 PM, Rockoboy said:

What a magnificent resource. Have these records been preserved on microfiche, CD, hard drive or computer record of some sort? 

I am looking for a copy of my receipt for my saddle and  wanted to know if I could be mailed a copy by any chance.  The id number on the saddle is T147.  Any help would greatly be appreciated.  The original owner was a man with the name macabee