It is beautiful and soft and the skinmarks and almost delicate in appearance. I am not sure what else to compare it to )being that I am not a leather expert by any means). Rae PS: To add a garden link to prevent upsetting people, I have had difficulty in raising poppies - I keep the soil damp, I plant them at the right time, I buy quality seeds and for the last three years barely one has come up let alone survived. The neighbors do fine and I can grow most anything else, I just get stuck with these. *Very* frustrating. Does anyone have any ideas -----Original Message----- From: KrisP64@aol.com [SMTP:KrisP64@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, 29 April 1999 7:56 AM To: gardeners@globalgarden.com Subject: Re: RE: RE: [gardeners] Re:Emus I agree with you Rae. If your going to kill the animal you may as well use the hide too. I have never seen emu leather before. Kris P