Original Condition Saddle Reference Thread

[rustjunkie]

As with all things old, saddles in good original condition are getting tougher to find as each day passes.
Post up pics of good origies here, and if you can 100% positively identify the bike it came on please note that as well.
Catalog pages and adverts welcome too.

 

[rustjunkie]

Here's a leather B-7 Mesinger that belongs to a bud.
The rails pierce the spring bracket, flat seat post clamp, and the springs are 2-piece.

 

[Schwinn499]

B-60 off an unequipped '41 Schwinn DX.

 

[rustjunkie]

Here's a leather Mesinger B-1 De Luxe that I've been wondering about. Feels like it's felt padded, rods screw into pan, and the chassis rails are the same as 1930's long-springs with the ends bent and riveted to the spring bracket, 1" clamp
This good orig is here along with a rough one, only two I've noticed.
Anyone have one on a bike?

 

[rustjunkie]

Ladies leather B-4 De Luxe:

Cadmium plated side plates:

Deep stamp:

The leather isn't great on this one, but that lets us see the original construction of the upholstery:

This one is sponge rubber padded. These often collapse with age and heat, sticking to the pan and sometimes melting.
Upper pans weren't painted:

Enameled springs, not all B De Luxe saddles had chrome springs.

Enameled "chassis", clamp assembly (there are different designs, this one is prewar), and under pan with original decal. From what I've seen the enamel had a good gloss:

No paint or plating on upper pan:

Rails riveted under spring bracket.
Many chassis have this "ghosting" and runs here and there. Painted quickly I suppose, no primer:

Curved spring:

Painted spring rods thread into upper pan:

 

[rustjunkie]

b-7 felt padded leather “youths” saddle.
video shows how the upholstery “floats”.

 

[rustjunkie]

Here's a super nice Gordon courtesy @ace

https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/very-nice-teens-gordon-1-saddle.145852/

 

[TieDye]

A Mesinger foam rubber pad B Deluxe ladies model. Not sure of the model number or what it was originally on. It's all original and hasn't been messed with. If you can tell me the model # and what it was original too, and a catalog page showing it, I would be deeply grateful.
Deb

 

[rustjunkie]

A Mesinger foam rubber pad B Deluxe ladies model. Not sure of the model number or what it was originally on. It's all original and hasn't been messed with. If you can tell me the model # and what it was original too, and a catalog page showing it, I would be deeply grateful.
Deb

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De Lux B-4, common to most manufacturers in the 1930s
nice saddle

 

[TieDye]

B-4 DeLuxe, common to most manufacturers in the 1930s
nice saddle

Thanks for helping me on that, as I've been wondering for a few years now. It's currently on my 1939 Excelsior, which should have a shorter spring saddle on it.