<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Timberland-Men-s-Classic-2-Eye-Boat-Shoe-Dark-Brown-10-M/dp/B0026OASOQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Timberland Men's Classic 2-Eye Boat Shoe, Dark Brown, 10 M</a>I have been buying these Timberland Men's Classic 2-Eye Boat Shoe, Dark Brown white sole for decades. I usually buy them 2 at a time when I find them on sale < $40/pr which isn't very often. I get 8+summers, April-October out of each pair as I wear them daily w/o socks. When I was a teen, a shoe store owner told me a unique way to make them fit my feet in a custom like fitting. He instructed me to fill bathtub ankle deep with lukewarm water, put my new Timberland Men's Classic 2-Eye Boat Shoes on, tie them a little snug, then step into bathtub and walk back and forth for about 5-min until the shoes become saturated. Do this on a sunny spring/summer day early in the am, as your going to wear them all day, 8+ hrs. After wearing them in the tub, retie the laces by 1st tieing them into a knot in your desired tightness as this will become their permanent tightness level, then tie a bow as you normally would & cut off the excess rawhide lace ends to your desired look. Upon wearing for 8+ hrs, take them off and place them in an area on your porch or deck out of the sun but where there is a breeze. Allow them to air dry for a day or so. Upon being 80% dry, begin to wear them as you normally would w/o socks and as they finish drying you will have a custom fitting pair of boat shoes that will last you at least 8-summers of daily wear. Well needless to say, I have been doing this for close to 40-yrs & 12 pairs, and each time I end up with a pair of custom fitting Timberland Men's Classic 2-Eye Boat Shoes Dark Brown w/ white soles that will last me 8+ yrs.........