Icelandic fish leather

At Huld Reykjavik we use leathers of three different varieties of fishes. The leathers are a by-product reclaimed from food processing activities, and of course not raised with the purpose of using their hides. Also the fishing stocks used are all robust and far from any risk of endangerment.

Atlantic Leather, the company we buy from, relies on the power of nature in its methods of producing the fish leathers. Their tanning and coloration processes require abundant hot water, which means that such production would generally be considered energy-intensive and even harmful to the environment. However, they use only geothermal hot water, which is an efficient, environmentally-friendly and renewable resource.

Salmon leather

The salmon leather is nothing but elegance and refinement, and an instant love. The leather is thin but quite strong compared to other hides of this thickness. The scales follow a delicate, repeated pattern, but the most noticeable feature is the narrow band that runs along the centre of salmon leather hides. We use salmon in diverse colour tones, but also natural, and choose from using open scaling, which creates a coarse finish, and closed scaling, which delivers a fine touch.

Perch leather

The perch leather comes either with an open scaling, which creates a coarse finish, or a closed one, which delivers a fine touch. The perch conjures up a certain wild and primal charm that no one can resist.

Perch leather is also much thicker than other types of fish leather, and takes to diverse tones of colours like it was made to shine out and grab one's attention.

Wolfish leather

The wolfish leather has a natural array of dark spots gives the leather a picturesque look, and an unique feeling of having a map in your hands. The leather is smooth as the wolfish don't have scales, unlike the salmon or the perch. We use wolfish in diverse colour tones, and it's always easy to identify by the spotted "seascape" through every colour.