text: I received them this am, mink oiled them.. put them on and just took them off after having them on all day today. My foot is a 8.5/D, ordered in the 9/ D... Fit great.  These are very well made. I can not for the life of me to figure out how anyone can pull the eyelets out of these things. Maybe after a few years of wearing them, but I doubt it.  I am not a hiker, but I do get into the woods with a chain saw now and then, work around the farm, etc, etc, etc. Good boots for the bucks, especially when the folks up the road were asking 89$ for them.<br /><br />Update: 12.15.15  I have worn these now for a good bit and I would strongly suggest to anyone looking for a great pair of leather hiking boots that does not require them to go through streams, rivers, lakes or an ocean. If that is what your looking for buy a pair of rubber boots, otherwise, these are a great boot.<br /><br />Update: 1.11.15  People: For the money... Can't beat them. I have had them in rain, cow / horse crap / urine, snow. I have just cleaned them up, put on new mink oil, and there like new again. There like wearing nothing on your feet. Exc. product.