I am very disappointed with the poor quality of these shoes. As you can see from the picture, the leather started to split and frey at the toe after only a few wears. This is not on the inside. I took the shoes to a cobbler and was told this was due to defective materials. He stated the shoes are made of split leather and when there is a bad spot in the material it does exactly this. This was nothing I did when wearing them, nor was it due to a wrong size. I have previously purchased the same brand and style of shoes in a size nine. The material on them is a noticeably better quality though they stretched out to be too big. I am now left doubly disappointed as I have two of these shoes that cannot be worn.