Never before available. Only a short while ago, our leather would have never been put to use and was typically discarded. This leather comes from a species know as “The Common Snapping Turtle” (Chelydra serpentina). Harvested from the eastern half of the US, it is used as a traditional food source for soups & gumbos.
We have taken great measures to ensure an ethical approach to using an untapped resource. Our leather does not come from the highly protected Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii). The Alligator Snapping turtle lives predominantly in the southern US and Mexico. It is on conservation watch as a protected species.
Have YOU discovered Snapping Turtle Leather? We haven’t even begun to scratch the surface of what could possibly be made with our leather, but we hope to see it beautifully crafted in new and unusual ways.
While our discovery was simply by chance we saw it’s potential. We have taken great measures to ensure an ethical approach to using a resource that hadn’t been developed yet.
We haven’t even begun to scratch the surface of what could possibly be made with our leather, but we hope to see it beautifully crafted in new and unusual ways.
“It’s exciting that we are able to create a new product from this useful resource.”