In all fairness to the seller, the majority of the leather work is fine, however the leather strapping around the pockets has powdered. At the end of the day, the seller is trying to make a buck, and other than what is minor damage, the leather work is in okay condition. I was actually only really worried about the large leather loop at the top of the bag, it is this that gets the most direct sunlight, takes the load and holds the whole bag together and is a pig to replace: and this is fine. It is also quite hard to find the good quality leather hoops (which this bag has): the vast majority of these have a single leather disk that started to replace the more solid leather covered metal disc when this style of bag started to become too expensive to make.