The leather used on the Appleby looks very similar to the old Tricker's "C" Shade Gorse Calf, which they now describe as "C Shade Tan" (see Tricker's website). I just wonder if exactly the same type of leather is being used by both Tricker's and AS? The AS is, of course, much cheaper than Tricker's. Good deal, or Tricker's are overpriced. I know that AS and Tricker's use the same leathers from time to time - the brown zug grain used by Tricker's, for example, was also a leather used by AS. It seems a little bit of a gamble.