Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-68.108.68.159-20131218061854/@comment-8203434-20131226062853

Unlikely to be magic as the only magic (unless you include woging) seen has been of the potion variety and created by hexenbiests. Of course if it is Gelumcaedus skin, it must have been preserved using Sauver Sa Peau, which could be said to be magical.

My thought is that it is regular leather with metal strips as the filling in a leather sandwich, which prevents the Gelumcaedus bite from penetrating so that when they try to rip/shake their victim they are unable to maintain grip, and so cannot do the damage.