Meow. This is the flesh side of bridle leather from Clayton, England, meow. Even for flesh, it's quite the flesh, meow. Surface treated. Black flesh with bloom applied. It's not domestic paraffin bloom, but Italian water-soluble beeswax wax, so there's no smell. Flesh is flesh, meow. I can't answer questions about bridle leather because I don't know much about it. However, the company I buy from only handles imported goods from overseas.