Why Every Australian Owns These Boots — Inside the R.M. Williams Factory

* Check out Australia's finest export (besides me): https://stridewise.com/rm-williams-chelsea-boots/ * "No sponsored tag?" Believe it or not, they paid me zero dollars to make this! After years of making videos about boots as an Australian in New York City, I was finally invited to the cradle of (my) civilization: R.M. Williams' factory in South Australia. With a population less than 10 percent of the United States', Australia is famous for their love of Chelsea boots but there's really just one: R.M. Williams' Craftsman. Enjoy the tale of how our wholecut icon is crafted from start to finish! Full article: https://stridewise.com/rm-williams-australia-factory/ 00:00 What is RM Williams' yearling leather?  00:57 "clicking" the leather 01:27 shaping the upper 02:12 the one-piece Chelsea 02:52 RM Williams elastic quality 03:25 closing, aka "fitting up" the boot   04:48 why do Australians only wear Chelsea boots? 05:49 the 4-part lasting process 08:34 attaching the Goodyear welt 09:14 why do boots have cork filling?  09:51 attaching  RM Williams' rubber sole 11:34 Finishing process 12:44 Boxing them up