Bryan Sutton's Weber Sage Octave Mandolin (a couple questions)

[In Nashville]

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Hello!

Nashville session guitarist Tom Bukovac posted a video with Bryan Sutton from Blackbird Studio D where they were tracking for a country artist, and Bryan had what I think is a Weber Sage Octave Mandolin (click the picture above). It's a weird one, though, and I was wondering if anyone had a guess as to when it was made and if it was a special model.

Most of the Weber Sage Octave Mandolins I could find online have a vertical grain on the back of the body and black binding. Like this:

https://reverb.com/item/26160688-weber-sage-1-octave-mandolin?show_sold=true

But I found one that has beautiful bookmatched horizontal grain and white binding. Like this:

https://reverb.com/item/32113-weber-sage-octave-mandolin-satin?show_sold=true

Bryans looks to have the beautiful bookmatched horizontal grain, but with black binding. There's also a lighter colored stripe of wood on the back of the headstock and neck, which is shared with the horizontal grain white binding mandolin I found (2nd link).

I'm not sure it's as simple as a case of new vs old, because here's a 1991 Weber Sage with vertical grain, black binding, and no stripe on the back of the headstock:

https://reverb.com/item/16034832-weber-octave-mandolin-sage-1-1991-natual-satin?show_sold=true

If anyone has any ideas about what Bryan's Weber Sage may be, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Thanks

[Charles E.]

In the second one you posted, you are confusing figure with grain. The grain is still vertical.

[Mark Seale]

And looks like a nice Ellis A model to the side.