He had a couple good tricks up his sleeve when he was with us

@@dimarshoerepair Yes indeed.

Thank you brother

@@dimarshoerepair Steve from Bedo's sent me over here. It's great to find another, fellow Canadian to watch. Thanks Steve!

Thank you.

Glad you like them!

Thank you for your kind words!

Thank you, Michael 😊

Thank you and thank you for watching!

Truman is one of my favourite brands. They're always releasing incredible leathers

Thanks!!

Thank you, brother!!!

Thursday Captains with Dr. Soles would be incredible!

Thanks for coming! Steve's a great guy

Thank you! Let me know when you're ready to send them in

Thanks for coming to our channel! Steve is a great guy

Very much appreciated

Happy I could pass on some information

Me too, little shocked

Yeah that’s super disappointing

was the foot bed leather?

I looks like the foam is there simply to prevent squeaking. Dimar Shoe Repair, without this foam would it be a thick leather insole against the leather midsole? I know Nicks uses a felt or foam just for squeak prevention.

The foam in Truman boots is to fill the void the welt makes where they could use cork and it doesn’t squeak neither way more supportive with cork and molds to your foot

Haha thanks Mark! Many more videos coming

Thank you Matt. Appreciate that and and appreciate you watching

Haha thanks for checking us out!

Thank you, David!

Thank you!

@@dimarshoerepair you are most welcome

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First time Ive taken them apart too Dale. Very interesting

exactly what i was thinking. very surprising.

I want a pair of Truman’s but if they are using foam instead of cork at their price point I think I would rather buy Grant Stones.

First time I've taken apart a Goodyear welted Truman* lol

Hmmm…kind of surprised to see foam filler... 🤨

The brand is Txture from Indonesia

Thank you!

Cork or leather

Tighter stitch density and a new welt is better than an old

I wanted a split welt on these. It's not always necessary to replace them. Truman are great boots with tons of fun leathers to choose from. I'm really digging Whites and Nick's right now, though

@@dimarshoerepair oh cool. They’re all so well made, and I’m not depending on them for anything like firefighting or lineman work. Finding a local cobbler that’ll deal with heal repairs or resoles will be a quest. Shouldn’t need to worry about that for years with casual wear tho. Thanks

Exactly they'll last you years before you need a rebuild!

The only difference would be that your foot won't be able to mold the foam like it would high quality cork. And foam can break up

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Absolutely they can!

I like cork better (more moldable) but high quality foam I think is fine too. Will give more cushioning but not sure how it would hold up long term.

@@star9732 You will need a resole by time the cork has those issues, the issue with foam is that it eventually compresses with heavy use and that initial comfort is gone. Overall, it's a cost saver for the company using it, and gives customers that instant comfort.

@@star9732 it's a more expensive material for the manufacturer vs foam. Most any natural material will be. That's not to say it's "expensive" but Truman is owned by a large corporation, if they can save .05 cents per boot to increase profits for share holders they certainly will.

@@star9732 Sorry, White's was purchased by LaCrosse but the point remains that foam is a cheaper material to manufacture and purchase. It saves the shoe company money while most customers won't notice or give a shit, it's a win-win for them.

@@dimarshoerepair I just prefer the traditional method and I think it's better for the environment, the world has enough plastic and foam filling our garbage dumps and floating around in our oceans. 🗻

Ortodoux from Indonesia!

@@dimarshoerepair thank you! I messaged them a photo of the boots and they weren’t sure which model or if they had made them. Any additional information you can provide? I’m looking to purchase a pair. Appreciate it!

I was very surprised as well.

Completely incongruent with the handmade built to last philosophy - a decision like this reeks of management taking cost accounting advice

@@kaustuvbhattacharya1449 it is sad

@@kaustuvbhattacharya1449 I am curious to know, how do you know that the foam is not good and cork is good for boots? is there any research or evidence to the claim that this would constitute a drop of standards?

@@rastislavstanik hi - I do not want to turn this gentleman’s channel into a forum for debate - so I’ll keep this short - I’m neither a cobbler, leather manufacturer, tanner or in any other way professionally associated with leather or it’s derivative products - I am an avid boot collector and have several pairs of Truman’s that I love along with nicks, whites, franks, etc etc. I cannot claim to have any lab tested evidence to support natural materials over synthetic - with that being said generally in other videos by other KZfaq hosts when boots have been torn apart to see what’s inside - usually foam fillers are rarely met with enthusiasm - primarily on account of the trade off between immediate comfort versus the more rapid breakdown of materials like foam - usually this type of cost savings measure is to expected in the sub $300 price range but Truman’s retail for up to and exceeding $500 - where as the author of the video himself remarked surprising not to see the use of natural materials to fill out the insides - a practice that other manufacturers in the similar price range / market segment would automatically revert to - cork filler or leather filler - both for their longevity (relative) and their ability to mold to the foot of the user - the fiber glass shank - eh - no issues with replacing one extremely tough material for a lighter polymer with comparable properties and less heat transfer but the foam to me sadly seems like a cost cutting measure or perhaps an effort to make the boots comfortable right out of the box - rather than a little stiffer but longer lasting - however given the fashion / casual focus of the company’s target segment it may have been the smart thing to do - where clearly leather choice over internals have greater priority - maybe I’m right maybe I’m wrong - but that’s my (not so short) two cents on the matter

$345 CAD

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Yessir! Maybe they saw this video 😊

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No Truman are very solid boots. It just surprised me to see foam but they actually have since switched to using cork instead of foam lol

@@dimarshoerepair great info. Can you share where you heard about this change? I ordered a pair and expect them in February (bday gift to myself 🙂) so at +$400 I expected cork and leather.

I heard they changed to cork filler!