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I don't think there is a way that folk can make a welted shoe and sell it for £150ish
Largely true for almost all westworld made boots, which is why I still shake my head over the fact that I can buy locally made (Winnipeg) boots that are GYW for such a low price. A black workboot with a Christy sole cost me about £160 on sale and another tan with a mini lug sole was about £200 full price.
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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!