Bag makers, where to get leather?
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fish skins do not look like fish scales after the tannery has their work on it.. honestly you wouldnt be able to tell much of a different outside of the visual hand feel of the skins.. fish skins are also very colourful or hold more colour pigments in their makeup.
just saying it is out there as something that is not really used in main stream as most makers dont know of its existence as a viable source for production.
i mention fish skins because there is plentiful amounts of them out there.. animal skins are not as plentiful so price for yardage would infinitely be higher, and now that you stated your production is limited to 100.. the price would be even more.. it was just being placed out there as another source for the same end product.
also not sure if you have hit this wall yet.. but most designers i know in and out of my circle including myself, will not have supplier/ vendor contact info, mainly due to that we are not doing this for ourselves.. we would be working for a company that either outsources or has their own Asia or Europe Merchandiser/ Supplier Sourcing team that chooses what skins are being purchased, no matter what the designer may want.
i placed an email bomb asking for help for you and already got most of that similar response which i knew was coming.
but its only been a few minutes.. but if it passes an hour, likely hood is the response will never happen..
being in Asia yourself, if you can contact one of many Hong Kong Sourcing Material and Hardware companies im sure you can easily find what you need.