Yes, pebbled leather is very durable. Believe it or not, my lamb leather bags have held up really over the years and I am pretty hard on my bags. But the calf vitello leather scratches fairly easily, but always buffs right off with a good conditioner. Just requires more maintenance. The saffiano, I have no clue as don't have any yet. It's funny because we have had so many requests for authenticity on the saffiano bags. Many don't believe it is leather and therefore think the bags are fake. We have to repeatedly explain to them it is real and why.
Yep, someone on 'that thread' said the same though they didn't reference saffiano but am fairly confident that is what they meant since they didn't believe mks were made of real leather.
As you know i own 1 saffiano bag and that is by any brand, it has it's perks but is a breed all it's own, gets strong feelings for either for or against. I definitely prefer my softer leather bags as my day to day but don't dislike having one saffiano option, but as i always say i don't want a herd of it either.