Originally Posted by CMC SanDiego

I love those photo's of old saddles. I've got a Wright's W3N which looks much like that B5N, except there are no lacing holes. I would agree that the leather appears to be thinner/of lesser quality than my other Brooks saddles

All of this discussion about B5s, B15s, and of course the well known B17 makes me wonder if there are B1, B2 (before the bomber), B3, B4 and so on models? I'd love to have the chance to poke around in old file cabinets at the Brooks factory (which I understand is in the original building, or at least one built during John Boultbee Brooks tenure running his company).

I recently found a copy of the original 1898 patent drawing online of the Lady's B18. I think its beautiful.

I can't even imagine what other designs they tried that never made it to market.