Name that skin! (Cowboy boots)

Any ideas? Thanks for your time.
No brand name on the boots. They might have been special made?, with the 2 letters up front...someone's initial's maybe.

 

elephant, on the foot part is my guess

 

Search Ostrich...they're pretty popular !

 

Elephant.

~Cheryl

 

Looks a little like hippo shown here...or maybe elephant

http://www.timsboots.com/otexbo.html

 

Thank you all so much Jackolin, komokwa, Cheryl and sis.
I never would have guessed any of those! I'm leaning towards elephant. It seems to have the most similarity. I guess they are legal to sell? I see others selling.
You all are the best, thanks again.

 

They may be selling them, but I don't think it is allowed, either by the US, or by eBay.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/wildlife.html

 

Used to sell exotic leathers in the '80s, with that distinctive pebbly texture and the deep graining, it's elephant - tough stuff. We had to have permits to sell a lot of the exotics, with alligator having the most stringent requirements back then (each store that stocked it needed a permit, while others fell under the corporate permits). As for endangered species 'parts' being sold legally on the secondary market, it's probably more complicated than I could understand - do know it varies by state and some laws have been in effect for decades. As already noted, even though elephant hide can be legally 'harvested' and sold, eBay doesn't allow it at all, probably due in no small part to their being based in California, which has very strict laws.

~Cheryl

 

Thanks Messi and Cheryl
Very much appreciated. There are a ton of them listed and sold. How can they sell them? I clearly see the rules, so i don't get it.

 

An elephant by any other name is just "hide."