 Hey, I'm Tech. This is Bootlossaphy and today I'm taking a look at the Timberland 6-inch premium classic yellow boot That's a mouthful. This is the Timberland 6-inch premium boot This is the first boot that I bought not as a fashion item out of a shopping centre store But consciously as a proper boot. I bought my first Timberland boot in the mid-1980s Long before they became the fashion choice of hip-hop musicians The accounting firm I was working for sent me to the in-house educational facility in St. Charles, Illinois for three months To teach a load of newbie accountants how to advise small business clients and on my way home to Australia I stopped in New York and walked into a men's shoe store and fell in love with this boot It clearly didn't suit my styling those days or corporate three-piece double-breasted suits But it really talked to me as a boot to wear with jeans and go bush with it I mean, look at it. It's yellow. It has a big bulbous kick-up toe And it has this grippy lunk sole that shouted hard-wearing Outdoors put your knife between your teeth commando movies this particular pair is my third pair of tins and This is already six or seven years old bought of all places in Singapore Where Timberland is a brand that's a popular fashion brand of shoes and clothing It's seen a bit of hard use not only in casual situations It's had a few beers spilled on it, but I worn it when I go out bush for work in the Northwest of Australia I wear it when I'm doing chores in the yard or on the house and on small construction projects Like working on my wife's investment property Let's start by taking a look at the overall style of the tins This is clearly a work boot with a chunky sole and a stumpy toe and a slight toe bump It weighs in at about one and a half kilograms per pair, but compared to good your welted boots. It's not that heavy I'll deal with that when I talk about the construction As a work boot, they feel substantial on your feet and even though they're not steel-capped They're obviously not going to protect your feet like steel-capped boots will The company itself was founded in I think 1928 in Boston Called the Abandoned Shoe Company in 1973 the Abandoned Shoe Company Designed and made this boot that they called the Timberland It was designed with the working man in mind originally used by farmers and construction workers Quickly becoming a popular working man's boot because of its relatively low price in 1978 There was such a staple of the company that the whole company was renamed Timberland after In the 1980s it became a Wall Street icon as well when young mergers and acquisition specialists Started to wear it to work with jeans and button down too Well, basically to signify they could flood the rules because they were masters of the universe And then in the 1990s it really took off when rap singers and hip-hop artists made it a street wear fashion item The classic yellow or weak-coloured new-butt is immediately recognizable as is the padded Leather collar that wraps around your ankle giving comfort and further added waterproof protection I worn it into a creek with water over the top of the boot and not had a drop of water in the boot The sole is a honey-coloured chunky commander pattern sole grippy and tough great for slippery ground modern I guess no not much of that where I'm from in Australia The Timberland is so popular around the world Especially in Southeast Asia and other parts of Asia that this is the most copied boot in the world and Timberland itself cashes in on the popularity of this classic boot by making a cheaper alternative that they call the Timberland six inch basic boot It is also yellow. It has a recognizable brown collar It has a lovely soul, but not in the regular commander pattern of stars and lungs And it's supposedly also waterproof But it's not lined with leather and Gore-Tex it has thinner insulation The outsole is plasticky rather than grippy the collar is plastic not leather and the whole midsole construction is weaker and Less durable now's a good time to quickly click on the like button below and subscribe if you like what's going on Drop a few lines in the comments below too about what you think. Tell me what kind of boot reviews you'd like to see Okay, now let's take a look at the construction I guess generically the Timbs are a cement construction boot That is the sole is not stitched to the uppers even though you can see stitching along the edge here That's faux stitching. It's molded into the sole More correctly. However, it's not an ordinary cement construction boot The sole is actually thermal injection molded to the upper. It's attached while hot molten in fact and makes for a better waterproof seal than just glue This also makes it relatively lighter than a Goodyear welter boot It's also extremely durable. I've never had the sole peel off the boot no matter how badly I've reached my previous Timberland boots They're pretty much here to stay The sole is Timberland's proprietary commando lug sole made of a grippy polyurethane rubber compound It's quite sticking texture and the lugs give a good grip Sometimes too good a grip because there's a tendency to pick up gravel and stones and bits of twigs between the lugs and definitely It accrues mud that you track into the house if you're not careful Heading north there is a lighter colored rubber midsole that you can see on the outside An inside is more rubber and a compressed cardboard insole covered by Gore-Tex And then there's a removable comfort insole on the inside There is a shank in here A shank is a hard usually piece of steel to stabilize the arch It seems some of them have a steel shank, but some have a nylon or fiberglass shank Depending on where they're made I've never had to take these off at the airport. So I'm guessing that these have a nylon or fiberglass shank It's an extremely comfortable boot and I can attest to many hours standing in one of these without my feet complaining The upper is made of a wheat colored newbuck Mine of dark and quite a bit with age Newbuck is a full or top grain leather that's been sanded enough on the grain side Or hair side of the skin to create a fuzzy touch to the fuzzy feel to the touch Newbuck is pretty resilient leather. It takes scratches and scuffs and cuts pretty well Like here and here But it is tough enough not to split because it is full grain leather Timberland treats the newbuck to be fully waterproof at the tanning It's not just coated in the outside. It's treated through the tanning process And it's silicon injected so that the whole skin is waterproof I mean, I'm sure that eventually they might lose their waterproof nature So you should take some care of them and we'll discuss how in a minute They use contrast stitching in the construction which helps with the work boot aesthetic There's one piece of leather forming the toe box and the vamp and it curves around the sides all the way to the back It's like a boat shape to further provide water protection There's a pretty prominent Timberland logo on the heel on on both heels But I guess if you bought these as a fashion statement or to show that they're Tim's You want that? There is a one piece backstage to give it some rigidity But the toe box and heel counter are structured The heel counter quite rigidly to give it stability and your heel in it It's fully lined inside the tongue is sewn on the vamp and it's partly gusseted up to the fourth island This gives an additional waterproofing around up to that level The inside as I said is leather lined in the shaft and gore text lined in the foot with a propriety Thinsulate insulation around your feet and ankles making it a worthy winter boot as well I have worn it in January in Shanghai and in London and it worked out pretty well There are seven of these hexagonal hexagonal hexagonal eyelets fully back so they don't tear and the iconic Timberland nylon laces There are no speed hooks great for avoiding catching them on jeans and so on But they can be a pain to put on and take off I usually take the laces off the top two eyelets before I take them off And then that creates a little more room to open up the shaft to put them on But that means a little time to thread the laces through the two top like eyelets every time First world problems, I guess Now let's take a look at leather care You care for newbuck as you would for suede any stains or imperfections can be rubbed off with a suede eraser literally an eraser Like what we used to use at school And the nap can be brushed clean and into shape with a stiff suede brush If it's really dirty like these boots You can use a little suede or newbuck shampoo, but you know, it's a work boot If the leather feels a bit dry, you can also condition it but with a special newbuck or suede conditioner Do not for goodness sake use any of your smooth leather conditions or polishes on the newbuck That's really going to flatten the nap and make it smooth and glossy and not the classic timberland look Quality bootmakers will obviously want you to take care of their products So check out what they say you should use to care for their products In this case, timberland make a range of leather care products, including newbuck conditioners So my advice is to go with them I'll put a link below to their care products Now let's take a look at sizing and fit What's my brannock size? A brannock machine is one of those aluminium things you stand on in a shoe store With sliding livers that measure your foot size My true brannock size is a us8 and three quarters A little more than eight and a half and not quite nine pretty annoying Generally, American boots run large so I usually fit into a us8d I drop at least a half size down from my brannock Now just a sidebar here us sizes are one number up from uk or australian sizing So a us8 is equivalent to a uk or oz7 and that can cause some confusion For now i'll talk us sizing These timberlands do run large. I got this in a us8 wide Timberland comes in standard or wide and while the little roomy they fit me quite well A pair in us8 standard was a little too snug in the toes With these in an eight wide I can wear them very comfortably all day with thick boot socks on The last is a pretty universal foot last with some generosity The heel grip securely and the waist is proportionately narrow It surprised me when I looked at it properly but the toe shape And while generous and round has a surprisingly almond shape to it if you look carefully That doesn't deter them from the comfortable wide fit My toes have room to wiggle while the rest of the foot is secured As for breaking I've never really had to break in a pair of timberland boots One of the advantages of the thermal injection molding There's no welt or leather to have to break in under your feet And the newbuck is soft enough leather to adapt your feet quickly Now what about styling it with what you wear? This is clearly a casual boot It has a definite work boot aesthetic They look great with work pants, jeans, definitely cargo pants and even shorts The great divine boots and shorts Some might disagree but I think they go with chinos and an oxfit cloth button-down shirt or with a fleece or a polo But I wouldn't pair them with formal pants. They are quite clearly a chunky boot So I'm not sure I'd wear them with skinny jeans I'd certainly wear them with straight jeans or slim fit jeans Now, I don't know. What do you think you'd wear it with? Why don't you tell me what you might wear it with in the comments below? And why don't you do that? Let's look at how much it costs and is it worth it? The cost of the timberland classic boot is pretty regular wherever you buy You can buy for under 200 us dollars in the US, but in Australia and Asia They're around 300 Aussie dollars You can buy them discounted from time to time And probably the most reliable and often discounted space to buy them is in amazon Where I've seen them sell for about 200 to 260 us dollars I'll put a link to amazon in the description below and you can have a look for yourself Is it worth it? Worth is a contextual term In Australia 300 dollars is not a cheap boot But then you're comparing prices with shopping center stores that sell mass produced fashion forward boots That really won't last a distance in quality or durability If you compare it to the work boot like caterpillar boots or steel blue steel cap boots They sell for a couple of hundred dollars as well anyway However, the timberlands are better constructed and you're buying an icon for a hundred dollars more So is it worth it? Mine have lasted me not with daily wear I hasten to add for seven years Previous timberlands have lasted me until my feet grew too big for them as I got older At least 10 plus years So that's 30 dollars a year Now not a bad cost per wear Look if you're looking for an iconic waterproof Durable work boot looking boot that you can wear as a casual item as well as a light work boot Yeah, I think they're worth it Well, that's it. That's the timberland six inch premium classic boot in wheat newbuck Still a mouthful I hope you like the review. Thanks for watching I really love it if you could show that you like this video by clicking on the like button below And why don't you subscribe to the channel? It really helped the algorithm and show it to more people And if you subscribe you'll see my other videos when I upload I've got more boot reviews and boot related topics to come See you soon