unlike most straps which merely showcase the front face in a crocodile skin and the back in bridle leather. In reality therefore, our straps are hand stitched with 2 Genuine crocodile straps back to back. Of reasonable thickness, with no synthetic fillers in-between, this is important because in time, the salts and moisture from ones skin seep through the leather and crack the filler between the straps. This, in turn , expands and contracts destroying the genuine crocodile facings being composed of a different elasticity and texture.