Tanel Plate shoes - I've never been so disappointed

[Dakota]

I have several post-season tournament assignments, so I decided I would demote my old faithful Honig's plate shoes to "mudders" and buy a new pair. I have been admiring the Tanel shoes for some time (from the web pics and descriptions) so I decided to buy a pair.

What a completely unusable shoe! They claim it to be an athletic shoe, but any athlete who wore this shoe would be crippled within the hour.

Tanel has the tag line, "The Plate shoe that looks as good as it feels!"

Trust me - if that was true, this would be one awful looking shoe!

OK, now that I have ranted on for long enough, what is the problem? The hard toe has a slight downward angle and present a hard, sharp edge to the top of the foot just behind the toes. With every bend of the shoe, it bites into the top of my foot. Absolutely, completely unwearable.

Needless to say, they are going back.

Very, very disappointing.