long last, they made it to my hands, though, not before paying another 18 euros sales tax...

Here is the box:

Here you can see them as they were inside the box, outside the box. Note the particular twisty triangle design on the sole is a bit of a trademark of Belleville's sub-brand Tactical Research. You can also see the soles are quite thin, but they are nowhere near as thin as the ones I used to have. But at least they are not over an inch thick at the heel. The height of the sole is 4mm more at the back, which is a lot less than normal shoes but not quite 'barefoot' shoes.

This picture I show you the reason why I have to get special shoes to really have any kind of comfort walking.

Now I have the boots on, they are actually a little roomy for my taste, so I am going to have to hunt down some good quality hiking socks, those type like Coolmax or so, best socks those ones. I used to have some 5-11 socks that lasted me a really long time, that type would be good too.

Lastly, below you can see a close-up of the sole. The soles are a lot more flexible than regular tactical boots, but not quite as soft as shoes like Converse All Stars or Barefoot style shoes...

But these are the only boots you can buy that are made to take a beating while letting you feel the ground more.

When I was in my teens, I used to ride skateboards, religiously. These boots probably would be alright even to do this, they are very lightweight. The box, when I picked it up, it was a bit shocking how light it was. They probably could have been packed in something a quarter of the volume comfortably, there was probably as much weight in the box and the tissue paper stuffed inside the boots as the boots themselves weighed.

First impressions are that they are a little bigger than my actual size, I have had my feet precisely sized and 9.5W is usually correct. Probably some socks will help them be a bit more snug.

The interior of the boot is not overly lined, they feel a bit rough inside. The nylon ankles are very flexible, and I can see that I am going to have no trouble doing sport like Parcour in these. Being composed of a lot of high strength nylon canvas, I imagine that they would dry perfectly within a couple of hours after being dunked in water, and I doubt that I will have the same problem I have had in the past with waterproof barefoot boots in winter.

Just a little aside: Did you know that humans evolved rigid feet without an opposeable thumb for climbing, because cold weather drove us out of the trees? The brain came after the upright walking, after we became fishers.