Would beaver tail leather be foolish to use for a saddle seat?

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I’m getting a custom saddle made and I am tempted to use beaver tail leather (photo of the one I’m interested in) as my saddle seat leather. From what I’ve read it’s scratch resistant and waterproof but I’m wondering if there’s reasons I shouldn’t use it. Before anyone says “ask the saddle maker”, I will but I just wanted to get feedback to see if I should just rule it out immediately before contacting him as he isn’t always the easiest to get ahold of. I’m wondering if one issue may be the size of the tail and require two stitched together but I’m small and use a 15” saddle seat.

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artwithapulse

I’ve seen it before as a very small padded inlay seat on a Wade. They can get extremely thin towards the tip of the tail.

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artwithapulse

It’s just grooves. It’s smooth (but bumpy) to touch.

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