“The right shoe of the pair was defective, the joint where the sole is fused to the leather was a mess, and was not aligned correctly, much like the seconds that can be bought on the online auction site.
I'm now waiting for a replacement to arrive from Grisport.
++Update: The replacement shoes were both defective, and the seam on both shoes was miss-aligned, obviously they did not check the quality of the replacements, so this must be a bad batch of shoes that need some attention, very surprised as my previous purchases have always been top notch for quality ++”