This is a quality boot from an established American company.  It fit me as expected, since I ordered a half size small as I do with all unlined camp mocs, boat shoes, etc., Then I put on sopping wet wool socks and walked the boost dry. Now they fit.  I learned to do this in the Army, and it may have originated with Roman legionaries' sandals.  It has always worked.  Eastland offers at least three versions of this shoe, and for this one, the term "boot" is accurate.  The heel is higher than some may expect or find comfortable. Other, similar, models have lower heels.  I have been wearing Eastland footwear for a long time, and the quality is always there --  that is, there in America where Eastland makes them - - not missing, as it often is, from shoes made in China.