The shoes are great, but they did come with a mark through the dye. At first, I thought it was scuffed, but thats not it, somehow there is no dye on that part.
They are very nice shoes, though.
I ordered a size 40, because all my other shoes are 9/9.5 US. These are TIGHT. Very tight. I was able to make them wearable with a shoe stretcher.