All the finest leather goods in the world are hand made. Think about it a bit man. Grug kill horned creature. Him make fire. Cook the meat. Hmm. Horns make poke. Skin make.... hmmmm.... hmmmmmm. Everything. Basically anything that you use on any kind of basis, even decorations and knick knacks, can be made of leather. It just isn&rsquo;t. Polyester, nylon, lycra, spandex, elastic. It&rsquo;s all a bunch of garbage aids plastic. Take the leatherpill. I like leather, reptiles, and boots so much I bought a pair of wild caught alligator boots. See, to make a matching pair of boots with a back cut, two gators have to die, as they use the horns just behind the eyes. This is put on the toe box. Sure, you could buy quite a few different brand boots for $650-850 a pair and have your gators. Great. But they were likely immature, their leather and the connective sinew isn&rsquo;t as thick or as durable, in fact too flexible, and the horns are sorta wimpy. Whereas with wild caught you gotta hunt two alligators. I still haven&rsquo;t gotten drawn for the tag lottery, and my cordwaining needs some serious work, so I shelled out to someone that did actually hunt and kill not just one but two of the king of the beasts. Albeit in a thrice removed sort of way. And now I can honestly use the phrase &ldquo;don&rsquo;t make me stick these size ten gators up your ass.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s a win-win-win. 