This bag has been loved! I have used this as my every day bag. Darkening of vachetta with some water stains. Crease marks near the usual bends/folds. Does not appear to be cracking but there are definite stress/crease marks. Can only be seen when zooming in! Canvas and vachetta are both soft and easy to wear. If there are cracks, they are minuscule because I can’t see any. Hardware is still gold, although it looks like some tarnishing along the zipper on the front. Clean inside and no smells! Comes with dust bag.