By northsouthdenimguy • April 2, 2025"Surprisingly(to me) zero break-in or any sort of hotspots with this leather. My last experience with Nick’s engineers was the double stuffed natural. A completely different leather but I was expecting several days of breaking the boots in and being uncomfortable.
I’ve heard the double shot compared to Horween CXL but to me it’s completely different. DS is much more durable than the CXL, easier to brush out scratches, scuffs, abrasions. The oils really come to the surface with some brisk brushing.
I found that I had to use very little product on these boots and that brushing would bring back them back to life. That being said I did use Bick 4 several times, the environment that these boots were in gravel, gravel dust dirt, etc. on construction sites really can dry out the leather.
Overall, the patina of these boots to me is just the richness of the leather, some cool crocking and some burnished areas like the toe that really kind of stand out. I don’t know if it’s fortunately or unfortunately, but with a little bit of care these boots do not show any “abuse”… just a really great, durable and beautiful leather that can take the tough environment of construction sites...."Read the full review
