It turned out that quality control did not look into the shoes. I put my hand inside the boot to feel the leather and felt many sharp objects sticking out from the sides. I looked inside and saw that the insole of the shoe was noticeably off-center. Sharp pieces of material used under the shoe's insole protrude off-center from the sides of the insole. I'm not really happy with it because I love the high quality of all my Frie shoes and got them as a gift for my husband. He planned to wear them without socks, but he definitely couldn't because the glue and glue residue got stuck in his leg.