Which leather type is best?

[Memphis514]

I mostly do wallets and what not but my daughter is a firefighter and she wants me to make her and her coworkers some radio straps. What is the best leather to use for this and from which supplier. From my research it looks like English bridle is the standard but I have also found that there are different variations to this type of leather.  Also I was under the impression that stamping English bridle is not ideal. Thank you in advance for any advice/information anyone can provide

[chriscraft]

For your use in building a firefighter radio strap, English Bridal takes alphabet stamps well. I found it hard to take a good impression when using a swivel knife and tooling saddle stamps. Much of the inner lighter color shows when doing this. At least it did for me and I wasn’t happy with my results. Some say it’s possible to tool bridal.

i don’t buy English Bridal often and have only ordered a few straps from Zack White. I mostly tool and work with H.O tooling leather