text: The toe box was too narrow for me. My favorite pair of boots for years have been two identical pair of Rockports that they no longer make. These are so substandard in quality compared to those that it's beyond comment (I've had the old ones re-soled many times and they only recently gave out); beyond the serious lapse in overall quality of materials and construction, these are too narrow for me. I would not buy them again, and it's sad that Rockport, known for quality for so long, has ridden the slippery slope of cutting costs down to the floor of mediocrity. Hanes and Levis are there to keep you company.