What brand saddle is this?

[kjones]

I’m trying to find out what brand my saddle is. There aren’t any plates with a name just the “button” on the pommel that I believe says AV and a stamp under the flap with a number 474420 and another number I can barely make out but I think it says 368014243. It had some thing else stamped but most was rubbed off. Any idea what AV (or maybe AW) stands for? I’d post a pic but I don’t have a clue how! :eek: I found an ebay ad for what looks like my saddle for pictures (not my ad) http://m.ebay.com/itm/122113412158

[NJRider]

You can upload your photos to a site like Photobucket and then post a web link to view the photos, it would be helpful to see the logo.

[Outyougo]

Possibly “CUSTOM”?

[Draftmare]

Seeing a clear picture of the button would really help.

[Glyphica]

I’m not sure how helpful this is, but the saddle itself looks identical to an old Carlyle saddle that belongs to one of my students. I don’t remember what the brand button looks like on her saddle, although I doubt it’d be an AV.

[kjones]

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This is the “button”

[kjones]

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[Bristol_Bay]

That ebay saddle looks like the same brand. Why not contact the seller and ask?

Also, it looks like ATV, not AV.

[kjones]

They put unbranded for the brand, I’m assuming they don’t know either otherwise they would have put the brand

[quiet_girl]

Looks like a Niedersus.

[Glyphica]

[QUOTE=quiet girl;8835994]
Looks like a Niedersus.[/QUOTE]

Niedersuss saddles typically have a KN brand button.

[keysfins]

How about photos of the stamps on the flap? Also, sometimes you can take a peek on the underside of the gullet and “open” the piece of leather there at the front which is like a small arc. It may have some writing on it to give a clue.

ETA: if someone can explain how to do a reverse image search (on Google?), you may get a hit.

[CFFarm]

Saddle companies made Anky Van Grunsven models. Could it be one of them?

[Rosie_B]

I can’t see where it says AVG or AV, and I can’t see the logo clearly on the pommel nail, but the shape of the saddle, the shape and type of the knee rolls, and the billet construction and shape/style of the billets look exactly like my miller klimke. They are not expensive saddles but they are ridiculously comfortable, and I liked my miller klimke so much that when my horse outgrew it, I bought another one with a wider tree.

Here’s a video from pelham saddlery of what a Miller Klimke looks like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSEY3IfvCOI

Also, Ovation took over the ‘Klimke’ model from Miller at some point in the past, and I am not sure exactly how an Ovation one would be branded or marked.