Upon initial receiving of these boots, I was happy. The fit, feel, etc etc is what I was looking for. While I was overly thrilled about the appearance as Im a fan of &#34;western&#34; boots, a pair like this was necessary for the company's new uniform code. I received these boots on 6/13/15, and began wearing them the next day. It is now 8/28/15 and the boots are already failing. One of the eyelets pulled out, and while it has not effected the performance of the boot, its unacceptable after 2 1/2 months of extremely light use. Also one of the top cross lace points has sheared off, again, not extremely detrimental, but unacceptable for such a new boot. I have boots that are several years old that have had heavy field use and abuse that are still going strong, with these, I expected more. Ill deal with the flaws, and when it comes time for a new boot, Ill give my money to another brand.