This will be my last pair of " Doc Martens"... I've been wearing these boots almost exclusively since 1990. They would last for years of care and abuse.  These Chinese clones retain none of the quality we've come to associate with this brand. The leather seems almost plastic. The stitching is uneven.. supremely disappointed.  Gripfast has won another convert till Doc Marten brings their production back to the UK and reclaims the high standard of workmanship that built the company.