Love my new bands and have received a number of compliments on them already! I'd actually stumbled across Ashland Leather before (I live in Chicago not far from them), but they were out of stock. I've been looking for a sophisticated watch band for a while - even passed on ones I'd seen from their hardware partner, Nomad. I do wish they were finished on both sides (even if the cost went up), but these are still the best quality ones I've found to date and I've been wearing an Apple Watch for 5+ years. Incredibly quick shipping (albeit I'm local) and the packaging was beautiful. They definitely put time and care into everything they sent.