What's Inside Expensive Boots
[0:00:01] They’re too strong for the saw!
All right, gentlemen, in today’s video, I'm cutting in half this beautiful pair of
expensive high-end boots so that I can teach you guys what to look for, what's inside a
great pair of boots.
Now, to be perfectly transparent, I'm not gonna cut in half this pair right here.
No.
These are brand new.
Nolan, the CEO over at Thursday Boots, just sent them to me.
He agreed to this video and thought it was a great idea.
I’m like “Sure.
I'll talk a little bit about Thursday and everything that goes into these.”
But guys, the pair I am cutting in half are my old pair of Thursday Boots, which I've
had for 3 years.
And it's sad.
But yes, these boots, we’re gonna cut ‘em in half.
We’re gonna find out what is inside a pair of high quality Goodyear welted boots.
You’re ready guys?
Let’s do it.
All right, gentlemen, it’s okay.
Get emotional.
We're about to do it.
We’re about to cut these beautiful pair of boots in half.
Yes.
Somewhere someplace angels are crying.
Let's find out what's inside.
They’re too strong for the saw!
All right.
So, round 2.
These boots too tough for the saw.
Let’s give it another shot.
Too tough.
Now, this is just getting embarrassing.
I think I got smoke coming out of this saw.
These boots are amazing!
It’s smoking!
Gentlemen, let’s give some respect to these boots.
I mean, these things did not go down without a fight.
They may have destroyed my saw here.
No, I don’t think they did, but that was pretty cool.
All right, gentlemen, so the deed is done.
Now, let’s talk about what’s inside of a good pair of boots.
All right.
So, let’s go ahead and get into these high-end boots and what we found on the inside.
So, when I look up at the tongue, the tongue on a pair of boots, this is going to be what
protects for your foot from the laces.
It’s going to be where the quarter and the vamp— This is the part right over here on
the upper.
It’s going to basically move up.
But when I’m looking at the built overall of this tongue, great.
And the leather on these boots, this is really good leather.
Very thick.
And I'm very happy to see that they used a good letter.
This is why these boots are gonna hold up so long.
When you take care of a great thick leather like this and if you treat the leather, you
condition it, you polish it, you take care of it, it’s gonna be able to come back.
So now, as we go down and we get towards where the upper meets the outsole, what we’re
gonna notice is that there’s a welt.
This makes sense.
This is a Goodyear welted pair of boots.
The cool thing about a Goodyear welt is it's gonna be the most water resistant of all the
built.
Nothing against a Blake stitch, but a Blake stitch is gonna be done on the inside of the
shoe and it does open it up to a little bit of water penetration, but a Goodyear welt
are going to do a much better job because it brings in that extra layer, which is the
welt.
And the welt is basically going to be what connects that upper to the outsole.
All right.
So, speaking about soles, let’s go ahead and talk about the outsoles here on these
boots going down the length of the boot.
I’m gonna notice that the outsole here we’ve got 2 layers of rubber.
They’re stitched together on the outside using that Goodyear welt.
On the inside, I can notice they do have a little bit of an adhesive, which I understand
why they would have that there, but the stitching is really the key that keeps it together.
Now, if we go look at the heel, one thing I want you to notice here and you’re gonna
have to look really careful, notice that that tack that goes all the way down.
[0:05:00] Tack, nails.
Basically, you’ve got a piece of metal that, as they were building this together, it was
nailed all the way through.
Now, I know that they're gonna use an adhesive to keep together these layers as well, but
this right here is all made out of leather.
So, the heel, we’ve got 1, 2, 3, 4.
4 layers right there of leather and then a larger thick layer of rubber which looks like
it's attached with both the tack and an adhesive.
So, that’s really nice.
And you got multiple tacks over on the side.
So, a great job with the construction.
In fact, as I’m pulling on this and pulling, I can’t actually pull this apart at all.
So, great construction there.
Now, as we move up from the heel and we start to go back up through the outer sole, then
all of a sudden we look that they’ve got a lining.
These guys use a classic cork lining.
And I can tell you that some of the best shoe companies out there are using cork linings.
Cork over time is going to conform to your foot.
And then I’m gonna go ahead and let's look at the shank.
So, we do have a shank here.
It goes about halfway down the boot.
Now, moving up above the shank, we’re gonna notice this white layer right here and it
goes all the way down the length.
I'm looking at this.
It actually doesn't have much give.
So, I'm not thinking that this is a cushion.
No.
Actually, I'm thinking that this is weather protection from the elements.
So, basically, it's gonna protect your outer sole and then it's gonna protect the insole.
And that's the next piece we've got.
So, the insole is gonna be that flat protective piece right there that has a little bit of
cushion on it.
But most importantly, it’s gets there for sweat absorption.
So, your feet will sweat and this is right here to absorb that sweat and then basically,
you know, over time when you're not wearing the boots, usually you wanna give them a day
of rest.
That’s when that sweat is just going to basically, you know, kind of find its way
out.
Now, let's look at the stitching.
So, the stitching is straight and I see about 12 stitches per inch.
That's great.
14 stitches.
You’re gonna see that on really high-end shoes.
So, when we look at the heel right above it— I'm gonna look in the back.
I see they've got a white stiffener.
This isn’t going to go all the way back up.
It goes up it looks like about 2 inches.
And what I noticed about this stiffener, this one actually is pretty stiff, which is good.
You want that on a pair of boots.
That's gonna ensure and maintain the shape of the back heel.
So, understand when you're buying a quality pair, what you're paying for are those extra
layers, the fact that you're not gonna have a hollow heel, the fact that you're gonna
have all these things put together and basically adhering to each other in various ways so
that these boots are gonna last you a lifetime.
And that's what you're looking for.
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