Quite attractive jodhpur but needs a bit of getting used to...
The boots are solidly made.  However, do not expect Gregsons or Loakes but something more at the level of "cottage industry.". Nonetheless, the leather is soft and, after treatment with Saphir products, genuinely supple and assumes a rich and quite attractive palette of patinated browns.  There are flaws - some staining of the lining, uneven or unfinished stitching, and, in my case, the left boot oddly skewed to the left when viewed directly from behind.  While the latter issue does NOT affect the balance of the boot or the stability of the foot, the appearance is off and disquieting.<br /><br />I have subjected the boots to quite gruelling tests in all kinds of wintry weather, rough surfaces, and drying without shoe trees, i.e., everything that a self and shoe-respecting owner will strenuously avoid.  Flying colours there.<br /><br />The boots look well but ought to be worn with the trousers tailored in the "traditional" pattern.  They look simply too heavy (overwhelming) with the skinny, slim fit cuff.  A loop holding the strap in place at the front of the boot, albeit not critical, would help in comfort of strapping the boots on.<br /><br />The boots are worth having.  Slightly clumsy, but comfortable and quite solidly made.  Would rate five stars in their rather special, non-luxury, class had it not been for the problems mentioned above.  Final note: be careful not to spill anything even mildly corrosive on the front of the boots (e g., pizza sauce) - the mirror polish dulls badly and is VERY difficult to restore.
Rating: 5 stars