What are the common brands of leather heads for snooker cues? How should I choose?

The following content is from the official website of Snooker Star.

The following brands are snooker cue leather head brands only

1.American imported original blue diamond

2.MASTER

3.Deer head (ELK)

4.American Hurricane leather head

Arranged by hardness:

1. MASTER

3. Deer head

4. U.S. imported original blue diamond

Compare the prerequisites: with not easy to fall out of the powder, dryness and humidity of the medium genuine cochineal.

4 kinds of skin head elasticity are very good; hurricane, MASTER abrasion is slightly worse; hardness, MASTER is more moderate, can be ready to use. Blue Diamond is soft and needs to be pressed by itself, with a long break-in period, requiring two to three days of play to play hard. Some golfers also like to use a baked deer head leather head. Personally, I like to use a naturally hardened deer head. It is not recommended to heat process blue diamonds because of their inherent construction. On the identification of the real and fake: leather head affixed, it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake, but will feel different when playing. The approximate distinction: the above several kinds of leather head, different colors. Hurricane yellow; the other three are blue: MASTER is the most blue, the color is good deep; blue diamond next, the deer head is light blue, the bottom surface can be seen like skin pores as rough.