Clarks, I love you like a bird loves a french fry! As with all of my Clarks, these are great quality and I have found myself wearing them 3 days out of the week. The leather is an off black color, so I use black shoe polish to darken it. I waterproofed them with shoe wax from Boot Barn. Too bad Clarks discontinues shoes and boots more quickly than I can buy a back-up pair! Love these!!!