BatesMen's High Gloss Duty Work Shoe

Just as comfortable and shiny as my first pair I had been given years ago

The serve was great and the product was great.

I am former military and I had a formal event to attend. ( Black tie). My only reference being my military formal wear standards. So these were my go to for foot wear. I skipped the fragile and dainty looking tuxedo formal wear shoes for men for this option.Fit - I ordered the wide width. The fit my foot well. Toe box did not give me any issues. I sure them for about 10 hours.Sole - The sole was a bit thicker than what I remember lites having when I was active duty. But I appreciate that. I've gained weight since then, the extra weight absorption is a plusInsole - I ditched the one that came with it and added the most expensive Dr. Scholls. I do that with all my foot wear. My experience was with our a hitch or foot pain after 10 hours of wear. The one that comes with it is decentMaterial - The are patent leather corframs. If your buying these chances are that doesn't need explanationBuild/construction - There are other brands of this style and type of foot wear out there. This brand is the standard for issue and wear by the Navy and Marines and that is good enough for me.Would I buy again? - Hopefully I will never have to. But if I did, YES I would buy them again.

This shoe seems to have a thicker than most. Most uniform shoes have a thin sole but these have about a half inch thickness toward the front and about an inch at the heel. They are light and pretty comfortable overall. The ankle is padded which is a plus. I use these occasionally when I wear my dress uniform and they have been good so far. I have owned many dozens of dress shoes over the years and these have been the best so far. I gave them 4 stars because nobody likes wearing these and they are definitely not sneakers ;-)

Very comfortable

Just received these bates pair of dress shoe, try them on, and great fit, Now I will be back to up date, after standing for long period of times, to honor our fallen hero's, pass present and future veteran, to see if they hold the test of comfort, I have no doubt they will get an 'A'Amazon I do a lot of buying from your company, It is the best, no matter if it has to be return or being delivered, the services is outstanding, The companies you allow to be associate with your brand name, to sell their product off your web, has stood the test of selling great product,If you look at my history you will see the facts speak for them self. And no I do not get any type of pay off to write these honest review. I do it because we the customer really believe in us to give them true and honest feed back on a product.So Bates you sell a great shoe, and on time delivery outstanding, concerning all the bad weather we have been having. fives stars for UPS! Awesome

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