Saddle brand question

[Brokenhorsecollector]

I have an older brown dresssge saddle that I’m selling and am looking for information on. It’s badge reads: Loriner Equestrian Products LTD, made in England. It has a stamp on the flap of J1740. I have had no luck searching online. Does anyone have information regarding this brand? It seems like a well built saddle (too small for me and too narrow for my friends horse) so I’m intrigued!

 

[Lois Lame]

Where did you get it from?

 

[Brokenhorsecollector]

My friend’s dad got it at an estate sale years ago.

 

[Melody Grey]

My sons WH saddle for his pony is a Lorriner, also bought second hand. It wasn’t a brand I’d of head of or know anything about, but you can see it’s quality. My saddle fitter was happy to value it in the same ball park as other English saddle brands (whatever that would be?!)

 

[Darkly_Dreaming_Dex]

It’s a good quality Walsall made brand & as the name suggests, it is better known for bits & stirrups (I used to sell their range late 80s early 90s) their leather saddles & bridles were well made

 

[sbloom]

There have been, and still are, so many smaller workshops over the decades, it can't generally be priced up with a well known name of the same quality unless you're lucky and find someone very familiar with the brand.

 

[lorinerequestrianproducts]

Hi, my father was the owner of Loriner Equestrian Products. The company was essentially a wholesaler, based in Walsall and using the local craftsmen to manufacture for the Loriner brand. Your Loriner saddly may very well have been made by the legendary Barry Swain, or any of a handful of masters at their craft.
The Loriner brand was a full range of equestrian products, from Stockholm tar to saddles and bridles. My father always wanted to have the best of anything that carried the name. He worked with a laboratory in the north east to come up with the best formulas for biotin, beelan and antiseptic spray. He continually worked with the saddlers to perfect the fit, every Saturday going out to make templates of customers horses to pad the saddles to a perfect fit. This was a new thing in the 1980's / 1990's. The bridle maker was a chap called Arthur, I met him when I was a child (I'm 43 now lol). He was a soft spoken old man who made the most amazing bridlework. His workshop was a little cottage, it felt like stepping back in time when I first saw it.
Thank you for appreciating the care that went into that saddle, it may very well have been myself that stamped the numbers and nailed the plate on.

 

[Baywonder]

The bridle maker was a chap called Arthur, I met him when I was a child (I'm 43 now lol). He was a soft spoken old man who made the most amazing bridlework.

I have just read your post to my DH - he remembers Arthur! ?