Rocky boots ae not the only ones to suffer from leaving the states to a foreign country for manufacturer. Another boot we used to be issued was Dunhams, they were comfortable and wore well, Once they moved the next ones we got were so full of silicone sealant on the inside you couldn't get your foot into them. Both brand's of the boots were on state contract and my agency got them removed from the contract but it took a while. In the mean time if someone needed boots they had to use what we had.