Would this be Guido's pen? [OT]

[Terry Reedy]

"Dennis Lee Bieber" <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote in message 
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> http://www.empirepens.com/signum_python.html

"Each cap in this series is hand covered with genuine python."

Am I to understand that they actually mean real python skin, as opposed to 
a 'genuine' python skin design on whatever material?  Is there a European 
fetish for the real thing?

Terry