Alligator / Crocodile Shoes

[haloitsme]

The trade in sea turtle is banned under international treaty. If one attempts to import such items, they will be seized by the feds.

Not so true.
The same goes with Ivory, siamensis croc, Lion etc.
you can file for expection.

 

[JayBreezy99]

New pair of crocs!

 

[smfdoc]

New pair of crocs!

Those are some statement shoes for sure.

 

[mco543]

Cole Haan Bragano made in Italy tassel kiltie loafers

 

[N. de Bruin]

My collection of alligator shoes.

 

[smoothie1]

Why has not anyone purchased the cool alligator Edward Green Holborn derbies on EBay? Maybe the price is too high since they are used.

 

[N. de Bruin]

Why has not anyone purchased the cool alligator Edward Green Holbein derbies on EBay? Maybe the price is too high since they are used.

Ive seen them in person they are very nice, absolute mint condition

 

[mr monty]

Crocodile or alligator Paul Stuart loafers??

 

[SpooPoker]

those look embossed to me.

 

[meister]

Crocodile or alligator Paul Stuart loafers??
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Look for the microscopic hair follicle for croc...

 

[meister]

Here's a pair of vintage Nettletons I have. Cross matching of the skins is particularly good.

 

[meister]

 

[skeen7908]

That would be enough fishing for me today thanks

 

[DWFII]

Here's a pair of vintage Nettletons I have. Cross matching of the skins is particularly good.
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With all due respect, I have to disagree. The most important aspect of matching is to make the toes--what the customer sees first and always...match. The right shoe is cut from an area with a very regular (almost rectangular) set of tiles, the left is cut from an area that is irregular. Two different skins or cut from wildly different areas of one skin.

 

[DWFII]

those look embossed to me.

There is no way to tell short of actually examining the shoes / leather.

Generally speaking, the surest way to determine if a skin is embossed is to look for areas where the pattern repeats'...in detail or exactly, IOW. I don't see that here.

In crocodilians, certain areas of the flank will be comprised of round tiles that look similar...simply because they are round. But they'll never be exactly the same from one small area to the next or from one tile to the next.