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I found this to be a very interesting site even though I do not speak French ( another poster interpreted a little of the text)... http://www.depiedencap.eu/spip.php?rubrique43 (two pages of famous name shoes taken apart piece by piece, component by component and examined) All, with the exception of two models with cement sole construction, are gemmed...which, all by itself, should have earned them as much or more criticism as the toe stiffeners. Gemming is the cheapest method of construction (next to cement sole construction) and the most subject to break-down and degradation. Gemming is virtually the hallmark of Walmart grade quality.