leegreen,iwish i did weigh 6 stone, i do wear mine a lot ,i find the leather goes hard & cracks after a fairly short while the chamo's were the worst ,2years was the max.i lavished more care and attention on them boots than my wife.They were crap.these american ones have been good but have doubled in price ,was looking at the harkila,and miendle ,sounds like the same problem as the chamo's ,but several people rated them.Need to make a decision soon mine are not long for this stalking world..!!!