It's hard to get a good picture of this anons, but real cowboy boots have this design of a shank between the heel and front. This design comes from roman boots
Chang in china doesn't understand this, and he puts a flat surface on the inside of the shoe despite the shank being there to give the arch of your foot a depression that is firm to sit inside with little to no support on your arch it makes it really comfy to go miles in them.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chinese+foot+bindingmost chinese shoes actually screw up your feet
>some boots with a shank even have padding above the shank to build up arch support which everyone who has ever talked to me about boots complains about because its putting a high pressure spot on the bottom of their foot just past their heel 