Good skin. Like the color. Holds my pants and matches my shoes. It was quite harsh when it arrived but I fixed that by rubbing it down with Doc Martens Miracle Balm (another great product to protect/care for your leather goods - I've used it on shoes, belts, baseball gloves, work gloves - I even briefly considered rubbing it with my own skin, but I'm a coward). Anyhow, the strap responded well to the Doc Marten material and was immediately more flexible. The only thing that bothers me about this belt is the small leather "sleeve" around the closing shaft of the buckle. I'm worried that it might wear out over time. But that's relatively low. A word of caution - this is a WIDE belt - I don't find it thin enough to wear as a belt with good pants. This is more of a casual belt for jeans and khakis.