Pretty cheap quality, I wouldn't wear these for actual hiking (I think 'hiking' is in the description). I wore these boots just to school (university) and within two months they started looking very scruffy. No holes or rips and the sole is still fine but I only wear these boots for work now (I have to walk through dirt, construction dust, pee, throw-up, etc.). I mean they're "fine" but I wouldn't have paid as much as I did and I have bought better shoes from walmart for $20. I won't say these boots are not leather, I'm not an expert, but I really really doubt it, maybe there's a tiny part that is and that's how they can call it 'leather and material'.