Antq Colt Fan,, We buy from various tanneries, but we spec all our leather to be
#1 or A grade veg tanned leather, with gummed backs for smoothness. We buy only
double shoulders, or backs and only steerhide, not the normal cow that you would see at some of the leather retailers like Tandy, and The Leather Factory. Steerhide is much like horse hide in density, and durability. Horsehide is becoming hard to get in the quality I used to buy 20 years ago. We used to use a LOT of horsehide years back, but now that the American tanneries have the technology to smooth the backs of the leather, and provide American Steer hides to the holster makers, I don't think Horse has the advantages once attributed to it.
Lou