In a lot of ways, these are great boots--they look nice, they are comfortable, warm, and the perfect height to have fun socks sticking out of the top.  But they AREN'T waterproof.  Waterproof means you can stand in a stream for five minutes and your feet are still dry.  No-one who does anything around water would pretend that leather is ever going to be waterPROOF.

Sad thing is, these aren't even water RESISTANT, which is the term I believe they wanted, even though it's still an inaccurate description.

I live in Oregon, where it rains all winter.  I wore my new boots to the farmers' market this morning.  45 minutes of intermittent rain and my toes were damp.  So now I not only have disappointment in my boots (rain-worthiness was one of the major factors in buying them), my esteem for Teva has dropped due to the false advertising.

UPDATE: Teva customer service said if I thought my boots were defective, I could return them, and they would either replace or return them depending on whether they thought they were defective.  But somebody knowledgeable in the shoe department of an outdoor store, said what was likely going on was, that while the leather IS waterproofed, the boot as a whole, isn't, and the stitching likely wicks water through. Or water may even be working it's way through the stitching holes--an explanation which would be consistent with where my socks got wet.  So rather than waste the time and money on returning them, I decided to try Stitch Guard, to see if I couldn't seal the seams.  It hasn't arrived yet, but I'll update when I've had a chance to try it out.

UPDATE: sealing the seams didn't help.  My socks still get wet. :-(