Too thick, and too hard.

I only bought this because the green/PVD alpha shark was out of stock at the time. Beautiful color on the leather and great hardware finishing, but the leather is just too thick for a NATO style strap - might work ok as a single pass, but otherwise just too thick.

I really, really wanted to like these leather nato straps. I ordered blue, green, and brown. The colors are GORGEOUS. Unfortunately the leather is so thick that they only fit on one watch that I own, my Seiko Sumo, which has long lugs with a super wide gap between the spring bars and the watch case. Also I’ve spent literal hours working this leather to get it to soften up, but it is still so stiff I feel it puts too much tension on my spring bars, and is also uncomfortable to wear. I love my other straps from blushark, but I think these leather natos will probably live in the drawer.