Best Place To Buy Skirting Leather

[Chaed]

Hi guys,

I'm in the planning of making my first saddle and now I am searching for the best place to buy skirting leather. I'm looking for 10-12oz. or 11-13oz. since it should be a light trail saddle. I know that my best bet is probably HO or WC, but where exactly to buy them from? Right from the tanneries? Redistributors? Where can I get away with the best price/quality?

Alternatively, perhaps even more preferable: To all european leatherworkers, where do you get your leathers from?

(US wouldn't be a problem, since I'm travelling there in August and could take it home with me that way, but only this time. For the future, Europe would be preferable.)

Thanks a bunch,

Anne

[pegasus]

Hi Anne

best tanneries in austria and germany, imho : (guckst du hier:) www.kilger.de oder www.gerberei.at oder http://www.krekelberg-leder.de/

you can also ask thomas posenanski from www.ledermanufaktur.com if they have any veg-tan leather...

so long herbert