These are essentially your standard manilla folders staggered label area typically thick paper material. The edges are a little rough cut but it's not a problem I wouldn't say they were ragged or rough just that the die they used was a little unsharp. They have the series of pre-made folds at the one actual fold for large loads/lots of paper and these work well and are pretty easy to bend to fit. You get a good amount for the price too but we find that once we don't need one and the tab is written on you can just open them up and fold them the other way and write again on the back side of the tab. Easy recycling.