I read the reviews on this boot and most of them were very positive but some did say that the sole was not as the company were advertising.  But I took the chance and thought maybe that the boots the buyer bought were a slip up and that the soles were still as advertised.  But when they got here they were not.  The soles were not the same as they show in the photos or as they described.  I think if the company would have been honest I may have kept them but...