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How to Identify Real Ostrich Skin Leather Belt

• Ostrich skin belt, like alligator skin belt,
  elephant leather belt, sharkskin belt, and
  stingray belt, is a popular exotic leather belt
  among collectors. It has several extremely
  distinctive qualities that make it both appealing
  and valuable, but it can also be rather costly.
  This implies that if you want to buy ostrich
  leather belts, you should know how to tell the
  difference between authentic and faux ostrich
  leather.

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Here are several ways to tell if what you're
looking at is real ostrich leather

• 1. Feel the texture
• Genuine ostrich leather has a wonderful texture.
  The lumps on the ostrich skin are also known as
  the crowns, and they are follicles from which
  ostrich feathers used to originate. Fake ostrich
  leather is created by an embossing process which
  heat presses patterns into base leather to create
  the appearance. Real ostrich leather is
  especially three-dimensional, and each unique
  crown will rise or curve as you press your finger
  against it.
• 2. Labeled as Genuine
• This is one of the most frightening marketing
  tactics utilized by faux ostrich merchants. The
  famed ostrich pattern is artificially embossed
  onto somewhat less expensive foundation leather
  which is then described as 100 Genuine Leather.
  The easiest way to avoid this trap is to remember
  one important fact genuine merchants of genuine
  ostrich skin belts will not hide behind wordplay
  and natural ostrich leather is costly, so do not
  be fooled by low selling prices. It will either
  be genuine leather of poor quality or a forgery.
• 3. Colors and Smells
• The fragrance and the color is the first and most
  crucial thing to consider. We may start to
  distinguish natural leather from synthetic
  leather by scent. They have the traditional smell
  of tanning or greasing, but no smell can indicate
  plastic. Another trait is its color when it is
  too homogenous, with no shadings, we know we are
  dealing with stamped leather, because no one
  would cover such a high quality and expensive
  leather with a coating of glaze.

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• 4. Uniformity
• There should be nothing consistent or "perfect"
  about genuine ostrich skin. The follicles and the
  little wrinkles that grow around them, sometimes
  in a rhomboid pattern, are the major
  characteristics of ostrich leather. The quill
  bumps in fake ostrich leather are often far more
  consistent, however, in real leather, each quill
  mark is unique, which is another element that is
  impossible to reproduce. Let us never forget that
  animals, like humans, are unique, having
  unrepeatable qualities that are not uniform.
• 5. Familiarity with the Ostrich leather pattern
• This hide does not have the same pattern on top
  of it as the others. The most sought-after part
  of the ostrich skin in the area with the largest
  in-diameter crown follicles. This accounts for
  around 40 of the total weight of the hide and
  can be located right in the center. This means
  that a designer or manufacturer may utilize a
  huge amount of high-quality leather for each
  ostrich cover-up. When you consider the many
  types of leather that may or may not be used in
  genuine ostrich items, you'll never be duped
  again.
• Next time you go shopping for an Ostrich Skin
  belt, remember to feel the texture, focus on the
  color, smell the leather scent, and make sure
  you're getting an expensive leather belt from a
  reputable retailer so you don't get deceived!