Real shoes! No Chinese disposable junk. I see other reviewers raving about foreign made footwear and apparently really happy that they got &#34;over a YEAR&#34; of wear out of them. Are you KIDDING ME? A YEAR? These are timeless boots made in the U.S. with American leather. They required about a week's break-in and now fit like gloves. I wear them 8 hours a day. I did add some cheap orthotics as traditionally made footwear like this is not known to have cooshy soft arch support. I expect these boots to be passed on to my son, but not any time soon. Go ahead and buy a pair.