I purchased these on sale and they fit great tts. Ordered my 6.5 and they fit perfect. I don't think these will take long to break in at all. The only thing to make them authentic is that there is no "frye " sign on the side. I looked these up on the Frye site and they don't have the sign either so I think they are true Frye's . But I'm still on the fence all the other colors have the sign so It's a lil odd. Other than that the color is beautiful and I probably will keep them . But the color could be warn in warmer weather or cooler weather! So that's a plus!