text: On arrival shoes felt somewhat small, but stretched out as many leather boat shoes do.  However, within a couple of months the stitching began to come out on the toe of one shoe.  In addition to any loss in functionality, the shoes always look sloppy with frayed edges of new stitch deterioration. Very disappointing for a reputable brand name.  Certainly not the Sebago hand sewns of the past.  12/07/15 update-- shoes are now ready for the garbage.  Much of the stitching on on the toe of one show is either out, frayed, or hanging loosely around the toe, and the toe has opened.  For some reason the other shoe is not as bad, but the stitching around the toe is just now starting to deteriorate. Only got a few months of relatively light wear out of a supposedly quality brand shoe.