All about pirarucu leather
One of my favorite materials to make cowboy boots is pirarucu leather. I love the way it looks and how challenging is to work with it. Many people might not know a lot about pirarucu leather since is very exotic. Pirarucu leather is make out of pirarucu fish skin. Yeah, you heard me, it's made out of fish skin. Pirarucu fish is one of the largest freshwater fishes alive and can reach up to 10 ft (3.1m). Pirarucu fish is native to Amazon and Essequibo rivers and are great source of food for many locals. Pirarucu its a local name for this fish and it translates to something like red fish. Real name is Arapaima and is one of large spicies of bonytongue. If you want to find out more about pirarucu fish, than take look of this video: I love using pirarucu leather to make pirarucu boots. They give a unique features to all cowboy boots. Since its so unique and axotic, a good pair of pirarucu boots will set you back for about 600-700$ at least. Here you can see some of th...