 G'day welcome to Bitlossophy. My name is Tech and I'm coming to you from the lands of the Wajik people on whose lands I live and work Now I came home from a business trip last night and this morning. I went to the post office and look always waiting for me G'day, this is editor Tech interrupting this video I just wanted to leave you a short message to wish you a merry Christmas And a happy new year in 2023 I'm also letting you know that I'm taking a break. This is my last video for the year I'm going to take a little break because I need a bit of time off This is not my everyday profession, of course I have a real day job and a business to run and doing these videos actually take me quite a lot of time it takes me a good half day to research and write the notes or the script in note form for each video that I take and then filming it and Editing it and so on Basically doing a pair of videos every weekend takes me a whole day out of my time So I'm going to take a bit of a break now And not upload any videos for a while. I'll be back in January mid-January So make sure you subscribe so that when I'm back you're informed when I come back with a lot more boot reviews boot videos and A look into the makers of of the these things that we all love so everybody Merry Christmas Have a happy new year, and let's get back to the video So these are two boxes from Bordon, Colombia I've been expecting this for a while. I'm really excited to open them. So let's separate the boxes first and Go from there this first box Let's just open one of them and see what's in there In the shipping box That's a brand new colored box. It's brilliant. There's a little card Thanks for your support tech. Thanks for your purchase and for your patience It took a little bit longer than expected due to the hundred percent made handmade process We believe the delay will have been worthwhile once you've seen them. Well, I hope so I'm really excited Please enjoy them and we hope they can accompany you on all of your journeys and important occasions That's fantastic. So let's get this out of the box Bordon Handmade boots and oh, which ones are these they come in their Boot bags again, I think this is new material for Bordon Really exciting. Of course the Bordon well-to-choose symbol logo and this is the Isidro Chelsea boot and this version is on the commando sole Wax flash dark brown wax flesh stitch down construction double row stitch down sewn through to the outsole It's an it's hide commando sole English company It's hide commando top lift heel. You can see how thick that is Vegten stacked leather heel veg 10 midsole and This I believe this is Italian Wax wave from Budalasi Carlo nice strong goreing and of course the very expected now party going on inside bright orange lining It's a fully lined boot Absolutely fantastic. I Can't see any loose stitching or any errors or marks Let's open the other one. Oh The smell of the waxy suede is brilliant And here's the other one. Oh, I see a surprise in there. I'll show you in a minute and Again The stitching is really almost perfect The lining feels nice and smooth. There's a pull tab at the back. Let's maybe take a closer look That's a really nice looking boot, isn't it the shape of the Slope down there on the front of the boot down the instep. It's really nice The last I believe is the same as the original to kind of last. So that's really fits my foot really well Solid heel support and I can feel that wax Lovely dying to get these on my feet and yes inside the box There's a card on boot care to properly care for your boots You must take the following steps after wearing them use a shoe tree to keep the boots shape and avoid moisture Remove the dust and dirt with a natural bristle brush use exclusively Bees wax to maintain the rough out suede. Do not use oily care products or anything that will not be able for waxy suede As your boots has the new leather heel counter So that's a leather heel counter in there Please use the shoe horn inside of the box to care properly for the structure of your boot and they give you a That's a Lovely shoe horn. I don't think it's plastic. I think it might be something like Like a horn of a cow or something That's fantastic So that's one boot Let's open the other box Now why do you say why have I got two this is also a new Zedro boot The Bordons Chelsea model, so what's so different about this one? Let's take a look if I don't slice my fingers open I've got the same thank you card We appreciate your continued support and hope your channel is doing well. Well, this is a personal message. Thank you Andres, we are confident that it will keep expanding with you and your loved ones and Anticipate Merry Christmas. See you next year. Merry Christmas to you too. Andres. Thank you for this very personal message So here we are again. We've got this bright orange box Turn it upside down Out fell the shoe horn, but we knew it was there It's a bit over Same bored on box shoe horn. It's a different boot, of course. What have I got? This one is on the wedge sole So this is a medium brown wax suede. You can see it was a darker color before The wax will wear off and give it a nice patina as the nap of the suede comes off but it is on a Vibram wedge sole. It's a Christie wedge sole. Oh I think this one's going to be really comfortable. Can you see the thickness of that double midsole? That natural veg tan double midsole. Look at how thick that is It's looking lovely. And again, I can smell that beeswax coming at you. If only you had smell or vision The same party going on inside matches the box Again stitch down double row stitching and the outer row going right through the midsole Which is probably why it's a super thick Super thick midsole. Sorry slipped out of camera there because of this second row going through the midsole and not through the Christie's sole because that's just glued on That's probably why it needs the second veg tan midsole By the way, in case you're concerned that this outsole isn't stitched on If you talk to most of the P&W bootmakers they'll tell you that the stitching is actually for reinforcement because um The glues now are expected to do the job forever and the stitching is merely reinforcement So that's an excellent looking boot. Let's have a look at the other one Yes, once again That is a lovely model I'm dying to get these on feet again, the stitching is Really excellent. This is all hand stitched of course lovely density and the Accuracy and density of that stitching on the stitch down With what looks like very thick thread That's just a marvel And of course, you know what I'm going to do next Let's put them on foot So let's try these on foot I'll put the Vibram wedge soles first. Oh goodness. They're heavy. It's great The wax leather is stiff to start with of course um I'm quite used to the r.m. Williams to pull tab things so Getting these in and opening the front of the boot is a little strange at the moment They slip in perfectly and they are a perfect fit as usual um, the sole I think is pretty tough so I think that's going to need a little bit of breaking in but uh It feels great. There's no heel slip already. I can feel no heel slip at all The fit around the ball of the foot is fantastic, but as you can see because of that um double veg tan midsole It's not easy It's not easy to bend so that is going to need A bit of breaking in I think to make sure that I'm walking with my natural gate There's a little bit of squeakiness But you can expect that from natural leather Now because they're stiff Let's see how we get them off Came off reasonably easily That's what I love about Chelsea boots really Once they break in they're so good Commander sole Oh again Just the perfect fit The ball of the feet room in the toes My heel feels already cupped There's enough snugness around the in-steps to make me feel secure in Chelsea boots This rubber goring is quite tight So that feels as if you're secure here, which you need to since you can't lace it up Interesting this one feels less difficult to bend And so I think will probably be a little easier to uh to break in although The softness of the wedge sole already I feel that's going to be a comfortable walking boot And you can see the difference between the two Wex suede's dark brown and the medium brown Well, here we go boys. I think we're going to enjoy trying these on So as most of you will know by now Bordeaux, Colombia is a Colombian Boot making company that really only started just a little over a year ago I bought their second batch to kind of boot. I was so impressed with it. I got some fantastic communications from the co-owner Andres We've gone back and forth. I've been really supportive of his boots So now when these came on in I think this was the fourth batch In a Chelsea boot in two different styles with the The wedge sole and the commander sole, which I can't show you because it's on my feet. I love them so much Um, I I went in again They were made to order boots So uh when you put in your order and you have to wait a little while to get them I think the period has varied from four Uh to eight to ten weeks depending how it goes Postage to australia DHL took less than two weeks to get them into australia Then because I put a p.o. Box as my uh, uh address Uh, DHL had it over to australia post which took about four days four or five days And I probably could have got them uh, four or five days earlier if I just had them couriered by DHL to my home I'm very impressed. They have a new Uh, the heel counter is new leather heel counter rather than salastic. So is the toe puff The wax leather, uh, comes from battalasi calo Top top grade, you know, vibram outsole it's hide outsoles for the commando soles They're currently having they only have batches Over a number of months, but they recently just put on a small batch Order so if you want to head over to the website and I'll put a link in the description below this video Where you can go and have a look at their small batches and try and order one before they run out All right guys, take it easy Don't forget to click on like and subscribe Uh and be safe. I'll see you soon