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The trail oxfords weren't welted because they don't have welts. They're full moccasin construction, not goodyear or any other type or welt. Any moccasins you buy with a wedge sole will be glued/cemented. Of course, there's well done glued construction and shitty glued construction.
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Hello everyone,
This is my first post on SuFu. I wanted to post some fit pics of my new SDA loopwheeled sweat in oatmeal. Included are my ~1 month old SD-103s. Apologies for the poor picture quality!
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You are correct about the construction, you definitely need a midsole. I never claimed a midsole was unnecessary, just that they were not goodyear welted or anything of that nature. The welt stitching is decorative, AKA shitty glued construction.
I didn't want to go into full detail on midsole/slipsole construction as I didn't think it was necessary. Ideally, you would want mocc stitched through the bottom to a midsole (blake stitch), which is then stitched (around the edge of the welt) to the slipsole, which is then glued to the sole (which is how NEOC and I think Quoddy does it).
OSB use midsoles but not slip soles. OSB doesn't simply glue the bottom of the moccasin to the midsole, that's absurd. They just have poor gluing techniques.