When the collars arrived first thing this morning i was already super excited, I wanted to see how they looked and felt, I was not remotely disappointed. When i opened the box i was happy to find both my collars neatly wrapped inside all safe and snug, when i took them out i marveled at them. This choke Collar is beautiful, the brass rings are super heavy duty and look like they'll take quite the beatings,and the leather is soft and flexable, I am not at all worried about this collar holding up during training. honestly I will be coming back the more i expand my horizons with dog training.