These shoes were made in India. Unlike other Keen leather shoes I own, the Austin did not break in quickly. I usually break leather shoes in by wearing them around the house for a few hours, then good to go for normal wear. These took several weeks of wearing them to work two or three times a week. The tongue in the right shoe hurt my foot (never had this problem before). That may have been due to the fact that the edge of the tongue lined up with the eyes the laces go through and caused pain when I cinched the laces up to tie the shoe. The shoe was too loose of it was not cinched up. The left shoe did not have this problem. The leather looks and feels very cheap and substandard for what I have come to expect from Keen. The shoes fit as expected. The have finally broken in and are fairly comfortable but not as comfortable as my Portsmouth or Anchorage III.