The leather on this bag is grained Calfskin (yup - same as the new "Vibrato" bags). Personally, I think the Calfskin wears better than the current Agneau, but I'm not sure that I would use this on a day-to-day basis. Given my collection, I rotate quite a bit .. so can't really speak to the wear that would be done on a day-to-day basis. Sorry ...