I'll jump in here and say that I totally agree. I like the feel of cotton wrap that has been coated with shellac. I also like that maintenance is pretty easy: every six months to a year add another coat or two and it will literally last forever, and look great the entire time. Pictured below are some rando bars I road the heck out of. To illustrate my point, in the time between wrapping the rando bars and the time when the photo was made I had completely worn through the red color on handlebars wrapped with contemporary tape.