A very well-made, timeless wallet that has not only withstood living with me for over 6 years, but it also seems to only get better with age. I do not know much about tanning leathers, but having owned this wallet I can tell that other leather products I have owned must have had inferior tanning and been inferior leather to begin with. This wallet has been accidentally washed at least once and endured several downpours of rain, received scuffs which seem to magically disappear again, and it just always returns to it's smooth and dark texture (I have the brown one). By far my favorite wallet I have ever owned.