Beautiful boots, with sturdy leather. Incredibly strong sole and grip.

Missing a star because of this - the shoelaces, unnecessarily long. There's a good 8inches extra, so you best just tuck them in the boot or cut and melt them yourself. I like the puffy laces in these boots, because they seem to pull the leather better than the thin nylon laces used on most tough boots.

The leather is lovely and supple, cleans up very easily. The contrast between the black and brown allows you to wear either a black or brown belt with your shoes and have it not look like a fashion faux paus. Only thing that would look better, is if the sole was not lighter than the shoe. Though that design "flaw" may be intentional, as it does pull your eye down to the shoe. I can tell these boots will last a long time. They are attractive for either sex. Make sure to use insoles in these, as the sole is pretty hard as well as the toe boxes run a bit big in Cat shoes. Would buy again, just wish they were less than $100, seems like $95-$105(with tax) seems a bit fairer for a short boot.
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