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Best reviews of April 2026
Another year in my work boots
Nicks Free Range in Double Stuffed CrimsonBy SKopp • April 3, 2026"Used at work in a paint shop, hot humid summer and cold wet snowy winter. Lots of solvents and paint splatter..."Read the full review
Boots chosen at random, worn with purpose.
Nicks MTO in Law Tanning Black Smooth Shruken Bison & Wicket & Craig Double Stuffed WalnutBy Particlepartition • April 3, 2026"I am finishing my apprenticeship to become an electrician this year. These boots have been on the largest project I've ever been a part of.
They've seen miles of crawling through service tunnels under a church, time spent in the bell tower, up and down scaffolding, bent thousands of feet of conduit, hours in scissor lifts 30 feet in the air, and tons of kicking myself for my mistakes. They've taken it all in stride and have been a wonderful constant in my work life..."Read the full review
Winter Sh*tkickers for the everyday Canadian.
Canada West WM. Moorby 2857 in Grand Canyon BreakwallBy SirDabsAlot • April 3, 2026"These boots were my primary winter boot for the worst of the worst that the cold northern Canadian winter brings. They saw extremes of -40C and were put to the test. They held up great and did the job. They saw all kinds of terrain from fields to forests, river banks to mountain sides...."Read the full review
Very positive experience with Parkhurst and Waxy Commander
Parkhurst The Richmond in C.F. Stead Wheatbuck Waxy Commander SuedeBy Nelms • April 3, 2026"Wore these 24/7 in my laid back retirement life. Worked in these a bit but nothing destructive..."Read the full review
Loved these, especially the Orange Predator leather
Nicks Palouse in Horween Orange PredatorBy lydialove • April 3, 2026"From working in the office to the shop, cemeteries, and even going out to dinner, these boots have done it all. Worn mostly in Middle Tennessee, where the climate can be slightly humid...."Read the full review
From the Philippines to California, if only these boots could talk.
Willie's Handmade Boots Pioneer Lace To Toe in Maryam Toscanello TPR HorsebuttBy AlManuel • April 3, 2026"I’m a fourth grade teacher who rides motorcycles daily. I knew I needed a boot that was durable enough to ride with and looked good at work. All the patina and scarring are the results of daily rides and working on my feet all day. Throw in some daily walks through the neighborhood and a few trips and they are the worn beauties you see before you. Yes they set off a few TSA lines and were the subject of numerous questions by my students, but these six months were a blast...."Read the full review
Worn this so much my feet molded through the leather!
Willie's Handmade Boots Jhodpur in Maryam Olive HorsebuttBy Jicojoson • April 3, 2026"Aside from day-to-day wear, It's seen the most action on my motorcycle. I've worn it from morning cafe rides to multi-day cross-island tours...."Read the full review
It was fun wearing boots I made for this competition. I’m happy with the patina!
Milo Kolb Tall Derby Boots in Guidi Flower Culatta WhiskeyBy milokolb • April 3, 2026"Lots of walking in Providence and London. They got over 20k steps per day during a week in Italy. Some urbex and only a couple hikes. London has been rainy so they have gotten wet many times...."Read the full review
The Cowboy Snow Boots I Always Needed
Role Club Engineer Boots in Shinki Hand-Finished Black HorsehideBy LastOfTheMohicans • April 3, 2026"I used these boots for everything. Trips out to London, Chicago, Singapore, Tokyo, and San Diego. Around the yard, through the snow, and walking through Toronto...."Read the full review
Jim Green .One Off Custom Horween Olive Brown / Cape Buffalo Numzaan Boots.. Absolute Tanks
Jim Green Numzaan in Cusom One Off Cape Buffalo/ Olive brown HorweenBy rattler360 • April 3, 2026"Everyday alternate use with other Jim Green Boots i love like The Rugged African Troopers And Meander Moc Toe....."Read the full review
First dome done and dusted
Addict Boots AB-01 Engineer Boots in Maryam Black HorsebuttBy drmiles • April 3, 2026"These ended up being primarily office boots. Mostly due to extreme, unseasonable heat through 2 months of the dome and a lot of unexpected air travel starting in month 3...."Read the full review
Journeyman Lineman puts Frank’s boots to the test!
Frank's Front Range in Horween Natural ChromexcelBy jandrescavage • April 3, 2026"These boots have done a lot. From digging holes to climbing poles. They handle long walks in the right of ways where trucks couldn’t access to the snow salt covered roads of New Jersey...."Read the full review
what a boot (cliché title i know). Pairs well with Samurai armour too.
White's Farmer/Rancher in Seidel Red Dog Oil TanBy zenniszarkov • April 2, 2026"this boot has been what’s kept me going. 6 countries travelled, hikes, parties, adventures down paths unbeaten, this boot has not failed me once (apart from taking on and off for traditional japanese houses 7 times a day).
i did light garden work in these, gone to the office, worn to many date nights with the missus and they got more comfortable as each day passed
i never expected myself to fall more in love with a boot than i did here...."Read the full review
Imperfectly Perfect
Truman Plain Toe Boot in Black TeacoreBy TheRuggedRounder • April 2, 2026"I wore these boots hard almost daily for 6 months. I work long hours in a hospital setting, rounding on hospitalized patients on multilevel floors and I rarely use the elevator. These boots have witnessed human suffering, grief, triumph and everything in between. It has witnessed my own highs and lows as well.
We also played harder. On day offs, I wear them at home as I do my destress with my hobbies involving sewing, gardening and home restorations. I brought them traveling as well: A tour of parts Europe while on a Danube river cruise. It has traversed on cobblestones alleys and streets in Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Cesky Krumlov, Passau, Regensburg and even parts of London, most especially the Windsor castle. It has traveled to the Philippines as well where it has visited the shoe capital of the country (Marikina), the presidential palace, and some world war 2 historical places as well.
While in the US, it has experienced a snowy hike up Mount Charleston in Nevada, walked the beaches of LA and of course it has been all over Las Vegas where it calls its home...."Read the full review
