HENDREFORGAN Report post Posted September 28, 2016 Whilst I have used many suppliers over the decades, included oddments purchased off eBay, the only two who I 101% trust to replicate a hide that might have originally been bought from them but some of it has been on my stock shelf for several years are Abbey England (formerly known as Abbey Saddlery) and Metropolitan Leathers. You do have to accept that for that quality of service you're not going to get a cheap hide. Each and every country will have it's own unique hides that buyers in other countries will drool over . . I do with some of the leather readily available to US customers that I can't import as our authorities regard the original animal as an endangered specie . . but, on the whole, when it comes to full grain, even top grain, veg-tanned hides many will quote British hides as amongst the finest available. This isn't because we have some miracle process that we're keeping to ourselves, no, it's to do with our farmers. You see our beef cows are very well looked after during their average life span of 30 months, most fields don't have barbed wire fences and any fly infestation is quickly treated by a vet. The result is a flawless hide when tanned. You get what you pay for . . . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
