I've been wearing boots all my life I have been wearing black pointy Tony Lama boots on my life putting on a new pair is the same as taking off your old ones the quality of leather Is soft you may have to break them in which takes about a day and two of me laying down but the leather is soft from day one they are well worth the money it's the only boots I buy and the only boots I will ever buy unless I go to Mexico where you can get full real crocodile for $150 It's worth paying for the cruise Boots like that in this country would cost about 12 to 1500 but in our country black Tony Lamas I believe they call them J tips