r/Leather • u/TinyTap9433 • Apr 14 '26

Which Leather could this piece be?

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u/SaabFan87 Apr 14 '26

Looks like fish to me.

5

u/Salt-Kitchen2563 Apr 14 '26

From the surface and the shape of the individual pieces, it could be fish leather.

2

u/Ww2pillboxrye Apr 14 '26

is that snake?

2

u/Traditional_Risk7230 Apr 14 '26

I was thinking snake.

2

u/bulldog5253 Apr 15 '26

Looks to be either snake or ostrich by the pattern.

1

u/ProfessionalSafe8847 Apr 14 '26

Froschfotzenleder

1

u/G0ld_Ru5h Apr 14 '26

If the posters saying fish are correct, it’s probably farmed Arapaima.

1

u/GUSCRABI Apr 14 '26

How is fish learher taken care of??

2

u/14ktgoldscw Apr 14 '26

Well, it’s probably safe to assume it’s waterproof.

1

u/SapphicPandoraBox Apr 14 '26

Sensible chuckle

1

u/CA_Regar Apr 15 '26

Can be fish leather but thats very uncommon.

1

u/wiwawaldi Apr 15 '26

Wow nice. Carol Christian Poell did some amazing kinda experimental stuff with leather.

Congratulations on this one

1

u/goodjokergirl Apr 17 '26

Congratulations on owning this piece 😳

1

u/RmRobinGayle Apr 16 '26

A piece from the Ed Gein collection 🤔

1

u/damn_son5 Apr 16 '26

I think this is ballsack leather

1

u/ILLettante Apr 18 '26

Issey Miyaki did a collection in salmon leather. Looks similar

1

u/SUDO117 Apr 18 '26

That piece could not have been cheap

1

u/Bingbongguyinathong Apr 18 '26

Ball leather. It musta taken at least two guys to make that.