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Photos couldn’t do em justice!

Price: $474 USD with shipping included (From the Philippines) which is roughly $676 AUD - They use PayPal as payment method.

Specs:

SB Foot Mohave Roughout
S4 Last Size 12.5 (I’m US 12.5 brannock, 13 in sneakers)
White threadings for uppers and welt
Unstructured toe
Brown waxed laces, 8 lace holes
270° goodyear welt, flat welt
Single leather midsole with a natural finish
Dr Sole raw corded full soles and heels

It’s winter in Australia so it’s just appropriate to whip these out and take them for a spin in Melbourne. Wore it for a week in there and my first impressions are - what a fantastic pair for the price! It truly is a privilege to be able to wear something of this quality and beauty.

This is my 2nd pair from Willie’s which is a Philippine manufacturer and turnaround time is pretty good, ordered October 2025 and received it February 2026. Ordering from him is relatively straightforward, you tell him what you want and he’ll show you the options for materials and lasts, I went with S4 because that’s their version of standard boondockers, with S5 being a bubbled up version like a Viberg 2045 last.

I didn’t touch the pair for a couple months because Australian summer is tough and I wanted to make sure my judgement won’t be clouded by discomfort, hence trying them out for the first time around March just to see how it feels. I knew it’ll be worth it just from the first try-on alone so I held out once more and went ballistic.

I understand that breaking it in is brutal but what helped me is that sizing wise it’s 1:1 so I can wear medium thickness socks and just go around the city, only feeling a little discomfort around my heels and the ball of my feet after hours of walking. Of course, my only gripe which is the same as my colour #8 boondocker pair from Willie’s as well is that the toe box is pretty flat but that’s standard with these types of boots in general. Surely in the upcoming weeks and months of wearing these they’ll break in nicely!

The leather is a nice sand coloured roughout and the thickness is pretty even, judging by eye I’d say it’s 3mm throughout and you get your standard ruggedness we all love. Construction is pretty robust with quality stitching - I trust Willie’s handmade construction (they still stitch by hand like Indonesian makers) as my previous boots with them, a colour #8 boondocker pair is damn near indestructible and I don’t see this one being different.

For my first impressions, I’m really happy that it turned out the way I wanted, with fit being good and the quality is top notch as usual for the price!

Thanks for reading!

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