these boots started wearing out after only a few months of light use! the leather on the toe section looks like i poured acid or something on them and have been fading away into nothing. i even asked a guy at a shoe store what would make them do this and what i could put on them to protect them. he said he hasn't seen anything like it in his life and had no suggestions. the upper part of my boot is dark chocolate but the bottom part has faded to a sand color and they look like crap. i spent a lot of my hard earned money on these boots because of the name and i would have been better off with something else. i guess i will be buying a second pair of boots this year.