Nice example of someone wearing them, they look very proper high quality wool pants like this are 300 dollars, while the surplus are barely 40.. I think I'll buy a pair
I wore these in the U.S. Navy in the 1970’s. The pair I wore had leather soles and had 6 eyelets. They lasted a long time because they were well made. I think the quality went down with the rubber soled 5 eyelet version.