Dude, you should be ashamed of yourself! Rush?? The band??! There's a guy here who goes by the name By-Tor. When I saw that I had to change my name to Snow Dog (there's a Rush song called By-Tor and the Snow Dog). I guess I assumed everyone is familiar with obscure Rush songs! "Snow Dog" without the knowledge of the "inside joke" does sound a bit... goofy, I must admit!
The leather is great, IMO. I must say that I don't have much to compare it to, though. Crazy Horse was my first choice but this was considerably cheaper (see above link to Paneristi). Strap Culture was great to work with... responsive and quick to ship. My authentication card is labeled "prototype", BTW.