The style for sure is, not so sure about the skin. Anyway, someone beat me to it, but, a checkered butt is my favorite, followed by a nicely fitted skeleton, followed by a buttplate, checkered ebony or horn is best, but, a decent fitted plastic model is perfectly functional.
I have guns with recoil pads, but, someone else put them there, and I can't undo what they have wrought. I doubt a pad makes a gun any more pleasant to shoot. Best marketing gimick of all time, I'd say.
I hate leather covered pads. Yes, there are some guns they belong on, but, I sold all my guns like that.

Besy,
Ted