In reply to bpmclimb:
> The uppers are getting tattered and a bit floppy from abrasions, and the glue has failed in places on the rubber rand, especially around the toe. They're still useable, but not for long, I suspect.
> If you meant to ask what I'm doing in them - some easy routes, walk-ins and scrambles, instructing at crags, running group abseils.
I just wondered what you meant by wear (I've got the same shoes). If it was my shoes, I'd potentially treat the upper with a wax coating (g-wax for example), and re-glue the rand with McNett's shoe repair (using many wraps of cling-film to hold the now-glued rand down as the glue cures). I've done both to other shoes to get them to last longer.