UPDATE:
12/23/12

Still very happy with these shoes and the fact i went back to leather.  stylish without overkill, and have received many compliments.  Like much of my other stuff i have abused my shoes -i don't wear goloshes to protect- they are they ONLY dress shoes I wear as everything for me is black, grey, blue.  So over a year of continuous everyday use.  Very happy, and will be hard to go for a different pair when its time to replace.
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ORIG: I finally decided to step up to laced more dressy dress shoes.  have been very happy with Johnston Murphy's for several years, and this is no exception.  Great looking shoe, and will last longer than the other models i have chosen. After first day of wearing, for such a great looking form holding shoe they were comfortable..by the end of the day any stiffness had broken in and very happy..  actually got two compliments on them today and that has NEVER happened to me!