Proper leather shoes

Really sorry man, had a feeling it would 😬

Looking at that I might have to revise my statement, that looks like proper thread to me. Others here knows their shoes better than me though. They might have better manners though!

That welt aside, as long as you like your boots, who cares?

I've got a deadline to hit tomorrow so I'm procrastinating and this is a good distraction - I'm going to stick with these (no pun intended!) being cemented soles with the lower part of the sole maybe stitched (and glued) to the more rigid upper part of the sole (though the stitching from the top looks like it has been formed as part of the rubber cast). I don't think there is a way that folk can make a welted shoe and sell it for £150ish anymore... they could be Blake stitched - 'Blake stitching is the closest relative to the Goodyear welted construction. The soles are still stitched on, but instead of attaching them to a leather welt, the stitching goes directly through the footbed to the insole, the resulting pair is much more difficult to resole and lacks the waterproofing qualities of the Goodyear welt.'

Product literature makes no mention of a welt (p.22) - https://cdn.asp.events/CLIENT_Ascentia_4E961A52_5056_B739_54289B84DF34E888/sites/MODA-2021/media/libraries/catalogues--lookbooks/13276-GANT%20MAIN%20AW21%20CATALOGUE.pdf

EDIT: more research - A good cobbler will probably be able to rebuild these (not as often as goodyear though)

I'd be keen to hear what the local Cobbler has to say - I'm only going on instinct, really wish I'd become a Cordwainer... and still I mean no offence by any of this - I'd be very happy to be told I'm wrong!