I bought this just to wear around my neck in the winter - I thought it looked pretty cool. I don't know much about shemaghs (this is the first one I've owned), but it's appears to be very high quality. The color is great and the thread seems pretty heavy duty. Mine did have a very easily removable tag on it that said "Made in India." I'm not sure if that's supposed to be a bad thing or not. Either way, I'm happy with it. Shipping was very fast.