so i bought them with some caution thinking that sperry was the only boat shoe you could buy there are so many bad sperry knockoffs out there that the manufacture buy every shoe, reverse engineer, would cheapen and sell it. As top notch I dared to get them. When I received these Rugged Shark boat shoes I was pleasantly surprised. The quality is top notch, the leather is good, not your flimsy cheap leather, good fit, good comfort. I liked them so much I bought another pair, I would rate them on par with the Sperry Topsiders.