Crocodile skin is called platinum in leather and is famous for its luxury and rarity.
This is not only because the number of crocodiles is scarce, but also because crocodiles grow slowly, the breeding cost is extremely high, and the available crocodile skin is limited to the narrow part of crocodile abdomen.
The beauty of crocodile skin lies in its natural gradual checkered pattern. Although it lacks elasticity, it has a strong texture. It is said that crocodile skin will become more shiny and elastic as long as it is properly maintained, so crocodile leather bags have naturally become the darling of many stars.
Usually, a belt needs to be made by "sacrificing" more than one crocodile. A big brand like Goth, which is very picky about materials, only needs one thousandth of the fine products. Therefore, crocodile skin products have always maintained an extremely expensive price in the market.
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Respectable reasons:
(1) Rare:
Crocodile skins are rare all over the world. As a rare, precious and special species, it can not be cultivated and produced in large quantities like cowhide because of its picky feeding conditions and complicated feeding techniques. Its output is extremely small, which is why it takes two years or more to get a Hermes crocodile leather bag.
(2) eternal:
As the king of leather, crocodile skin is undoubtedly affordable. Unlike cowhide, crocodile skin has one of the biggest characteristics. In the process of use, its luster will not fade with the passage of time. The longer it is used, the more its natural luster will be revealed, so it will last forever.
(3) It is very difficult to make leather;
There are no more than 50 people in the world who can master the perfect production technology of crocodile skin.
It is difficult for us to imagine the technical complexity. Unlike cowhide, it is not as flat as the whole face, and the technical requirements are not so harsh. Because of its own characteristics, crocodile skin needs a set of perfect technology from early stage, middle stage and late stage. They are both independent and interlocking, and one of them is wrong, and the result is quite different. Why is every crocodile skin unique?
The improvement of crocodile skin production technology has always been a difficult problem for the global leather industry.
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