The shoes are super, just real Rieker. The leather feels very good, soft and yet sturdy, the grommets are reinforced from the inside, the sole has a decent profile. My shoe size is closer to 40 than 41, in this case, size 41 but fit, not too big. Thanks to a pre-review I have no gray shoes expected - and they really are not, not even a hint of it. They are dark brown really nice. This should perhaps be changed in the product description, but no reason to deduct a point for me because I "warned" was.