Haven't seen this mentioned anywhere... but boy these shoes stretch out pretty fast width-wise in the front!! Thank goodness because my left foot is a tad longer and also a tad "fatter" at the top of my foot than my right. I wore my boots with socks and they stretched out fairly quickly. I did a 10 minute walk inside my house to stretch it out a little and then went to the mall for about half an hour.
HOWEVER... even with the socks on there was rubbing at the back of my feet on both... on my right there's a small bit of space in the back and with the left they boots fit perfectly snug length-wise. Yet both rubbed painfully in the back, WITH socks...
Then... for slipperiness has anyone put vibram soles on these? And last question! Has anyone scuffed the front of the boot (the black edge around the front of the boots) and how did you feel about it?