{"product_id":"red-crocodile-jodhpur-boots","title":"Red Crocodile jodhpur Boots","description":"\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"0\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eReal Crocodile \"Bone\" Leather (Hornback \/ Backstrap)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is often referred to in the trade as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"42\"\u003e\"bone leather\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"60\"\u003e\"head\/back cut\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is officially known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"99\"\u003eHornback Crocodile Leather\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (or backstrap cut).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnlike classic belly leather—which is flat,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e soft,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and smooth—hornback leather is harvested by opening the hide along the stomach,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e preserving the raised,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e osteoderm-armored dorsal ridges along the crocodile's spine and neck.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"4\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eKey Characteristics \u0026amp; 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