Please help identify leather, color and design

As requested, this thread is now the official Help I.D. Hermes leather, color and design thread. Cheers!



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Hi all,

I posted this in the identify this model/leather thread but didn’t get any replies so I’m trying here.

I have my eye on this birkin and the seller is saying it’s Fjord leather but I’m not so sure? From everything I’ve read and re-read Fjord has veins, only very rarely is it veinless and this one has none. What’s also throwing me off is the sheen? I thought Fjord was matte? But I don’t know if older Fjord was different? This Birkin is from 1999.

I’m thinking it’s something else, maybe Ardennes? I want a bag in Fjord, not Ardennes but I just don’t have the experience or knowledge to be able to tell them apart! I’m going crazy trying to match the grain size, shape, sheen, veins...Please help!

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