Exotic skins · Hermès
Crocodile Niloticus
Also called Niloticus
Nile crocodile, the skin behind the Himalaya Birkin and Kelly.
PurseBop says Niloticus crocodile, from the Nile, is one of the most commonly used exotic leathers at Hermès and is most famously used for the Himalaya Birkin and Kelly. It has large, rectangular, smooth scales with visible dots or pores in the centre, which distinguishes it from alligator. It comes in matte and shiny finishes, and Hermès marks it with two dots beside the Hermès stamp.
- Origin
- Nile River (per PurseBop)
- Scales
- Large, rectangular, pore in the centre
- Finishes
- Matte, shiny (lisse)
- Hermès mark
- Two dots (••)