Customer Reviews Frye Bowery Chukka

These are a bit snug for a 10.5. I thought the leather would stretch a bit, but it's been about 2 months with regular wear and they have not stretched out. Also, these are very hard to get on; they really, really need a loop at the back of the heel to be able to pull them up. Also, they aren't as comfortable as I'd expected. They look great and appear to be typical good Frye quality, but the undersizing and the difficulty getting them on makes me wish I'd picked something else.

I returned these after five minutes of wearing around the house. Too narrow & Tight. Not crazy about the amount of work required to put them on. They look great, and I have another pair of Frye (prison boots), which I like. Disappointed that it wasn't a fit.

These are very nice looking shoes. The laces could be different to help with ease of getting these on. Flat waxed laces that these come with are somewhat tough to slide through eyelets. Round cotton laces would have worked better, in my opinion. Contrary to what everyone says on the site, I believe these to run a bit large. I ordered true to size 9.5D and they are pretty roomy. Not bad enough to return but def not snug like so many people on here claim these to run. Overall, very nice, handsome Goodyear welted chukka.

This boot looks and feels great. They are little snug on the instep, but hoping that will stretch out (using some baseballs). I typically wear a 9 in Frye, but that felt huge, so I opted for 1/2 size smaller.

Solidly built shoe. But was seemingly sent two shoes from two different pairs since one shoe is reddish brown and the other a chocolate brown. They don’t match! There is also heavy scuffing all over the top of the toe box of the right shoe. Having paid over $300 for this pair of shoes, this is not acceptable.

These boots are very good. The quality of workmanship and materials are top notch. The color (stone) looks great with everything. The fit was dead on both size and width. They do feel slight weightier but that's to be expected with the materials used. These will last a long time.

Leather is grade A. Construction is grade A. They are somewhat narrow. I’m hoping the leather will stretch some after worn. The leather is also stiff and again hoping it softens as worn. Despite this these a very sharp shoes with lots at style and quality

The leather upper is pretty comfortable once broken in. But they definitely felt tight at first. But the worst thing, and I mean the worst thing, for me was the "rubber injected lug soles." Those things murdered both my feet and lower back. They were noisy as heck, and just would not break in. I ended up having them completely resoled with a regular Goodyear rubber sole. Now I can wear them and they're great shoes. But I don't recommend the "rubber injected lug soles" at all.