I like it too as well as on the front strap of my Les Baer Premier II. But I can also see someone being irritated by the sharp fine checkering if they aren't used to it. I was like that when I first got my Les Baer, so I put a strip of Talon Grips rubber grip tape over the front strap, but eventually took it off after I had 'acclimated' to the gun more. Now I really like the checkering on that and especially the Shadow 2. Makes my other guns that don't have it feel slippery, and I've even added skateboard-tape-like grips tape to the front straps of some guns too resemble it more.