Almost a great check book holder. When I opened the box I got a strong chemical smell, not like new leather. Hope the smell goes away. I ordered two of these, the quality of the leather on one is very nice, the other had defects on both sides, going to return that one. I believe I ordered brown, got black. It does not say the color in my order history, I may have ordered black by mistake. The biggest issue is the clear plastic sheet sewn into the holder you use when writing duplicate checks. It's a joke, way too thin, creased, dirty looking and scratched up like its been laying on a factory floor for a month. Why would you make a nice leather check holder and sew in a piece of garbage like that? The all free plastic holders I have form my bank has a much nicer insert.