posted on January 21, 2008 03:37:04 PM new
I'm with Tom on this...I think it's ostrich. I bought my father an ostrich wallet years ago and the skin looks very similar.
posted on January 21, 2008 04:56:44 PM new
Tom - Please don't get yourself into deep doo doo by listing that as Ostrich. Something that large in ostrich - the quill area - would run into the thousands of dollars.
There are generally 2 areas of ostrich that you can use for "leather" goods - and it's actually not correctly referred to as "leather" - but "skin." The first is the much sought after quill area - and that area has "raised" bumps where the feathers were once attached - not indentations.
The other area of the ostrich is the leg - and that almost looks "scaley" for lack of a better description.
If it's made in Colombia - chances are it's cow or calf - impressed to have the look you have there. You'd be amazed at what type of skin you can make leather look like when it's "pressed" with a pattern.
Wayne
Never explain -- Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
~ Elbert Hubbard
posted on January 21, 2008 07:25:01 PM new
Hi. I used to cut gloves many years ago. I THINK the skin you have is what we called Pig-tex. What the companies would do is get a normal skin..maybe sheep..and with a machine..make all the little dots to resemble a pig skin. The reason for this is that the little dots would cover a lot of scars and other imperfections....
[ edited by annekila on Jan 21, 2008 07:26 PM ]
posted on January 21, 2008 07:28:26 PM new
Faux ostrich? Edited to add: lots of folks have no problem with faux. I don't. If I like the look but not willing to pay the price - faux is great! You should determine if it is natural leather or synthetic.
[ edited by pixiamom on Jan 21, 2008 07:33 PM ]
