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All American Gator Products
offers both salted and tanned alligator skins to our wholesale and
retail customers. Tanned alligator skins are
available in matte and gloss finishes and come in a nearly endless
variety of colors. The applications
for this high quality, extremely durable leather are truly
limitless.
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Salted Skins
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Several machines are used in
the processing of alligator leather. The machine on the
right reduces the thickness of the leather by shaving part of the
back from the finished skin. This results in leather that is
much easier to work with, for such things as wallets and purses,
where thick leather would not be desirable. The skins are
also tumbled in a tanning drum. The action of the drum
softens the leather, preparing it for use.
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Finished Skins in Matte and Gloss
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Our original business began
in 1989 as an alligator meat processing plant, but we soon discovered
other uses for the rest of the gator. In the beginning,
we were selling our skins in their salted state to companies that
turned them into leather. When the meat business became
successful, it was then possible to open another location specializing
in finished skins. It worked out so well that today we even
produce our own leather
goods and novelties
at this location.
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