I trawled through my old emails there... and here's what Kerr Gibson said at the time I was ordering:
... and here are the samples I was sent over email to choose from:
Flipping (ha) hell! V cool indeed, though I’d like to think the shark was already deed. Also, surprised he thinks Hirsch leather is cheap crap. I have my Speedy on a heritage and would never have thought that. Maybe it’s all relative.