Anyone else have quality issues with their Konigs? I bought my Grandgesters a little over a year ago. First, there were visible rubs/peeling on the foot, near where the stirrup goes. My stirrups are the correct size for my foot and I don’t do anything strange with them. I have standard dressage foot position. Then the zippers blew- probably about a month into owning them. Now I notice that the stitching has gone on my left heel, just above where my spur rests. This is not a high strain area as far as I can tell. What gives with these boots??? I sold my soul to afford them. I had Petries for over 10 years that cost $399 that never had even one of these issues. They’re too big and too short now but no stitching has gone and there are no rubs on the leather. (I had the zippers put in myself since they were pull ons when I bought them but they never had a problem, either.)
I am beyond dismayed. I will be talking to the store I bought them from and their customer service is great so I know they’d send them back to Konig but I need a reliable boot! Honestly, after all these problems I might forget Konig and just take them the cobbler myself.
Is bad Konig quality a thing? Have they rested on their laurels too much?
