the stitching is watter proofed buddy and as long as you wax them every so often they will be just fine
yea if you look after they will last a bit longer but aventualy the stiching will come away ,had loads of them and had a few were the d ring came off
i have had mine quite a bit mine are still tight buddy stitching same as the day i did them all because i look after them give them a good clean wax reguler they will last a lfe time