Beautiful and dramatic results can be accomplished with our new, exotic leather options. Snapping turtle leather is very durable, workable, and takes dye nicely. We offer up to 12 standard colors and consistently carry crust for you to do custom dye work.
Eco-Conscious
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.
Conservation Minded
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.
Endless Possibilities
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.
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This exotic leather has unlimited possibilities and uses in fashion and leather crafting industries.
It’s texture and beauty are new and unique to the leather industry.
Bags, boots and garments now have another creative possibility.
Dyeable in a variety of colors and the patterns are amazing and beautiful.
Meet the founder – R. Scott Schoeniger President & Chief Development
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.
Imagine the possibilities
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.”