 G'day welcome to bootlossophy My name is tech and I'm coming to you from Wajik country in Western Australia And I recognize the traditional custodians of this land I'm excited coming to you today because I've just picked up a parcel from the post office, which has come from eBay Parkhurst Nighthawk Kudu. This is the box that arrived from the cellar in eBay It's really well sealed. So let's open it up and Take a look at what's inside. I'm really excited because I love Kudu leather and I think Parkhurst does a particularly good example This is an older boot, but from what I can see on the pictures on eBay It's really well looked after and looks hardly used so plenty of Bubble wrap from the previous owner Well, they've come in their Parkhurst boot bags, which is Good No spare laces, but I guess that's to be expected and here they are in The Nighthawk Kudu from Parkhurst. It's an Allen boot and from what I can see it's the old 18 last So it's it's not a new boot having said that if you take a look at the Heels and the soul there's really hardly anywhere in it. So I don't know I'm looking into the Footbed which you probably can't see There are some marks of a foot in there, but there are no indentations And I did my due diligence in eBay as normal which I'm happy to tell you about when I do my eBay video which please comment below if that's what you want to hear Let's take the other one out Now these are in my usual 8d I have to admit on the eye they look a little bit smaller, but we'll see once I get them on foot so again the visual inspection is Really quite good Hardly used although it definitely is the 18 last and therefore Not new Let's have a look at one in closer So here it is in close-up It's a dark grey leather on the website and on eBay it actually looks a dark blue like almost a Navy, but no It's a dark grey leather. It's kudu. You can see the Skars of the animal, which is what I love the kudu for I can feel from it. It's quite moist. So the previous owner has obviously Conditioned it quite nicely As you can see there are some marks on the inside, but I Don't think they're huge again as you can see there is some wear on the heel, but not great So they have worn it But I mean look at the threads. I Don't think they've worn it very much at all. So there you go the Parkhurst Allen boot in Nighthawk kudu so I Think what I'll do Is try and get these on feet and see what they look like Now before I put these on I should explain a week ago I usually wear boots of shoes in the house But this one time that I did not a week ago I stubbed my little pinky toe Against the corner of the bed and it bruised up until it was absolutely black and blue And it's only just starting to come good I'm pretty sure I can get my right foot in. I'm not sure of my left foot This might be a one foot at try-on Let's see These shoes visually Actually look quite small, but I mean my foot slipped in very easily So I don't really see that they're small at all. I'm not going to tie a special knot I'm just going to tie it very quickly to get them on feet They definitely fit my size even though they're very slim. It's that 18 last It's very nice. It actually fits really well Okay, if you hear me scream a little bit, that's the bruised toe Ouch, ouch, ouch I Shall do this for the art Let's just get this up At least one more eyelet This is a lovely steel gray color in this kudu. I'm really liking it and the shape of that Almond toe 18 last is really nice So there you go Very gingerly standing on the left foot But indeed a lovely fit Okay So as you saw that I did manage to get my bruised toe in but I can't keep them on which is a bit of a shame For those of you who don't know Parkhurst, they're a new wish boot brand made out of upstate New York The owner Andrew Savisco is a top bloke. He's really extremely responsive to queries and so on Parkhurst make really good boots out of very exotic leathers in this case kudu, which is a southern African antelope It's specially chosen kudu by Charles F. Stead because of all the marks and scratchings and Life journeys that the animal has been through the quality of these boots second hand as they are Really quite good. There's no loose stitching that I could see on either boot the Hardware is unmarked and extremely secure The laces in dark gray match the dark gray of the of the leather which as I said on the website Actually, it sometimes looks navy blue. So I think it would depend on light I bought this on eBay For us $210 which is over a hundred dollars off the List price in fact, I think it's something like a hundred and seventy dollars off the list price It's in the old 18 last the almond shape last fits me really well and You know hardly one I Did my due diligence on eBay which I'll tell you about if you like if you just put some comments below saying that You want to hear about them? I'm very pleased with the purchase So there you have it guys I Hope you like this Unboxing I will reveal these boots in about six months after I've worn them for a while So I can actually tell you what they like I don't expect to not like them because as you know I've got a lot of parkers boots and I really love that make and this old 18 last is one of my favorite lasts So if you liked the video click on like please click on subscribe if you haven't already Take care and I'll see you soon