Hermes Birkin 30cm Crocodile Porosus Gris Fonce Silver Hardware

  The skin must be inspected for defects before it can be cut. Cows have wounds and mosquito bites that only become apparent when the hide is tanned. and crocodile skin with insect bites are unacceptable. All defects are circled with a white marker and cut out. All skins are cut by press machines except for crocodile and alligator, which are extremely fragile and valuable. Instead, reptile skins are done by hand using a paring knife or press knives. Due to their constant demand, the Kelly and Crocodile Porosus Hermes Birkin bags have cutting plates with subtle differences in size because different skins vary in elasticity.
  The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) from Australia is the most expensive reptile skin to work with.  It has square scales in the middle of the belly and four to five small round scales down either side. It’s aesthetically more attractive because the scales are more symmetrical. The second is the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) from Africa. It has big square scales in the middle and then two lines of big round scales down the side. The third most expensive is the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), which comes from a farm owned by Hermes in Florida. It has small rectangular scales in the middle and smaller, oval-shaped scales down the sides.