I am sure that "broken in" this sail cloth will wear comfortably. Brand new it is very stiff and not comfortable to wear. The material on the bottom, I want to say leather, is definitely necessary. Weirdly the 22mm I purchased is less stiff and easier to wear new than the 20mm. The 22mm is basically what I expected it to be. There is a loop that keeps the excess strap from the buckle secure, it is sewn together on the side that touches your skin, it scratches your skin. I fixed this by simply rotating the loop until it faced away from my wrist. Easy fix. All in all it is ok I will keep both and eventually I guess they will get broken in but at least it looks great. I think I will stick with nato and canvas straps though. The canvas and nato straps are excellent!