Very happy with this purchase, not only has it developed a nice patina over the last few weeks of use, it is much more comfortable than just the piece of leather Filson uses on their straps now. The tan/brown leather of this pad matches Filson's bridle leather strap perfectly and the natural buckskin color adds a nice contrast and keeps the pad from slipping off my shoulder like the stick leather one did. One other little annoyance this pad solved is the way Filson weaves it's strap through the stock leather shoulder pad, with Filson, the ends of the pad start to curl under and can double over creating little pain points on your shoulder, this pad fixes that.