Hi. I know that vegetable-tanned leather is recommended for saddles since, from what I read, it is best for tooling. In my area, there isn't any vegetable-tanned leather but there is a lot of chrome-tanned leather. A tannery can make vegetable-tanned leather for me on custom order but it may be expensive.
Since I am only going to try making my first saddle and since I do not plan to do any tooling on it, can I use chrome-tanned leather?
Are there any special do's and don't's for this type of leather.
Your advice would be most appreciated. Thanks.