As I’ve seen other posts, I too am suffering from leather paralysis. My problem is that I like too many! In reading leather descriptions on both the H&M website & price document, hides can be sourced from multiple locations. I have seen the following mentioned: “European”, Germany, South America and New Zealand. I’m assuming the US is also included, but haven’t actually seen it specifically mentioned. I realize the tannery itself plays a huge role in how a hide turns out. I read in a previous posting that hides from Germany were especially nice because barbed wire isn’t used and bugs were minimal. Can someone provide a general assessment of hide quality based on source location? Should this even be a consideration?

We are considering the following analine hides. Does anyone have any experience with these & what can you tell me?
1. Maquire (New Zealand)
2. Giles (European)
3. Brigade Saddle