Seidel Tanning Corp.
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66 reviews
First pair of Nicks. After 22 years of Whites. Very impressed after 6 months.
Nicks Builder Pro Moc Toe Steel Toe in Seidel 1964 Brown SmoothBy cjdigs • April 4, 2025"Worn at work 5 days a week over the last 6 months. Rain, snow, salt, and mud...."Read the full review
Simple and Value Packed
White's Perry 8" Select in Seidel Natural Double ShotBy clarkbars • April 4, 2024"90% of my wear is from driving, office work, and just walking around town. The other 10% included weekend activities like building mountain bike trails and walking the dog...."Read the full review
Lovingly hand-crafted with centuries old wisdom for a polished hospitality professional
Peter Limmer & Sons Custom Model in Seidel Sapphire Blue Double ShotBy Limmer_Pat • April 6, 2025"Managing restaurants has me on my feet for 10+ hours daily. These shoes kept me solid, indoors and outdoors in northern NH...."Read the full review
A great boot for everyday wear
Peter Limmer & Sons Custom Model in Seidel Sapphire Blue Double ShotBy Limmer_Ernie • April 6, 2025"These have been my daily wear at work and around town...."Read the full review
My Beloved Whites Packers
White's Packer in Seidel Red Dog Oil TanBy stepped_in_dookie_again • April 5, 2025"These have been my go to boots for everything. Almost daily wear. These boots shined where ankle support was needed.
Some activities:
- Daily walks along a short rocky trail with my three 70lb - 80lbs dogs. Walking two dogs or one hyper Weimaraner at a time. At minimum four times a day. A lot of the scratches/scrapesn you see are from these walks.
The ankle support and tough Red Dog leather kept me protected on these walks. For example, when my dogs would charge a stray cat/squirrel and pull me unwillingly to join the cause, it was typically into rocks or branches and but thankfully I fell on my face because of the ankle support.
I tried the same walk in sandals once, and apparently the sides of my bare feet don’t enjoy rocks. Weird
- Helped my friend move during a rainstorm carrying heavy stuff up to the third floor
- Two Metal shows and several moshpits. Ankle support was great and kept standing in the pits. The tall heel helped me see above crowds to see the bands (me at 5’ 9” any extra height is welcomed)
- Outdoor food festival, many outdoor breweries and food trucks
- Local fantasy themed pro-wrestling show. Tall heel again helped see the action again
- Trip back home to San Francisco Bay Area and traversing the hills of SF the tall heel made walking up hills easier
- Trips to museums
- Visited my friends farm, fed some cows. It was great
- Chilled at my local coffee shop working on my laptop many times
- Most importantly: wore them to hang with friends that would listen to me monologue about the history of the packer boots and why I think they’re so cool..."Read the full review
Lifelong Friends
Nicks BuilderPro in Seidel 1964 Brown SmoothBy whiskey.bootlaces • April 3, 2024"I primarily used this pair at work in a welding manufacturing shop. Lots of miles walking on polished concrete, kneeling down, climbing ladders, etc. I also wore them for some walks around town, doing yard work, and working on the family cars...."Read the full review
Nicks Stationmasters- best engineers out there!
Nicks StationMaster in Seidel 1964 Tan SmoothBy 32oz_denim • April 5, 2025"These guys have spent most of their hours kicking around Perennial Artisan Ales in St. Louis, MO and it’d probably be easier to describe what they haven’t seen. I mainly manage our barrel aging program as well as maintaining and fixing equipment and systems, but you’ll find me doing just about any job in the brewery as the operations manager. As a small team, I still spend plenty of days brewing, cellaring, and packaging beer to get the job done. It’s hot, humid, wet, and often dirty work. This winter was pretty gnarly with a ton more snow and ice than usual- whoda thought Vibram 700 isn’t ideal for ice? whoops. They’ve also spent plenty of time outdoors wandering around the woods and our family farm chasing youngins. There is endless amounts of scuffing from the brewery, but I’m sure feral toddler feet have left their mark as well...."Read the full review
Great experience with a pair of Blemished Whites 7" Cutters.
White's 350 7" Cutters in Seidel Burgundy Double Shot & Seidel Black Double ShotBy Akslavelabor • April 6, 2025"Purely daily casual wear. Did wear em through all weather conditions & they still look amazing..."Read the full review
Pullman, beast of a boot
Nicks Pullman in Seidel Max Support Black SmoothBy spartanvalkyrie • April 6, 2025"They are the quick pull on boot for all around activities and chores. Quick trip to hardware store, Pullman. Walk to the mailbox, Pullman. Let the dogs out in the rain, Pullman. Running late for work, Pullman.
Great for extra protection when sharp and abrasive tools are in hand...."Read the full review
Halfway broken in!
Nicks x Rose Anvil ND3 in Horween Brown Waxed Flesh & Seidel 1964 Brown SmoothBy cjelliott • March 22, 2025"These are my daily boots, mainly at work where anything from bleach to carrot cake can end up on them. I manage a bakery/Coffee shop and spend most of my time on bar or making items. The snow in my area often didn't cause any issues with these, they are essentially water resistant with all the wax. They have gone on many dog walks and wooded trails near my home...."Read the full review
Hard-working, but stylish boots.
White's C350 Cruiser in Seidel Brown Double ShotBy nathanjcreel • April 1, 2024"I use these mostly outdoors and with casual wear...."Read the full review
The Do Everything Boots
White's Farmer/Rancher in Seidel Natural Double ShotBy EarthToneDaddy • April 5, 2025"I did everything in these. Hiking, traveling, working around the house, office wear, wore them with a suit, and walking on the beach. I was so pleased at how versatile they were. I wore them everyday from October 1st onward. They were my companions and held up so well. It is going to be weird to wear other footwear going forward. They’ve been in Colorado and Norway snow, India heat, sand in Yantai, China, and much more. They’ve been on multiple international trips (one that went around the world) and plenty of other travel in between. After break-in, these were so dang comfy and easy to throw on my feet day after day...."Read the full review
Tough go at the Dome
Nicks TankerPro in Seidel WeatherShield Black SmoothBy ofdff • April 5, 2024"Well, the dome is officially over for me, but I had the feeling a month in that I was done. These tankers are my work boots, so the logical thought was the work category. After the 1 month update photos were uploaded, I immediately realized I was no match for the guys literally running their boots into the dirt every day.
As a firefighter, and more specifically an engineer (driver), these boots have a little different use case than the others in the work category. They see 10 shifts a month, so they’ve only had 64 wears while in the dome (I don’t suck at math, but I do work some overtime). 10 wears per month is certainly a setback for getting the same results as everyone else, but there is a strict rule: Work boots stay at work (for good reason). Each shift has these boots on my feet for about 18 hours, and they have been incredibly comfortable the whole time! The weather shield black is a durable son of a gun, and hardly shows patina. Great for most situations, but not the dome.
My ‘dirty’ is much different than most of the others in the work category. While they haven’t been caked in mud, hydraulic fluid, or fertilizer like some of the others, they’ve seen their fair share of filth. They’ve stepped in blood, sweat, and any other number of fluid/tissues you can imagine coming out of a body. They’ve stomped out burning trash after the ‘urban outdoorsmen’ were informed their kitchen was out of line with the current burn ban. Their toes have been buried in the dingy carpet of the local crack houses while we pump on chests, push narcan to reverse the overdoses, and try everything we can to bring someone back from the brink of death, even though we know it’s too late.
These boots certainly have stories to tell, and even without winning this contest, I appreciate the dome. Without it, they’re just boots. The Dome gives us all a reason to stop and reflect on the past 6 months, as cheesy as it sounds, but I’m still thankful nonetheless.
Good luck to all the other contestants!..."Read the full review
Boots tough enough for the job!
Nicks BuilderPro in Seidel WeatherShield Brown SmoothBy SirGilbert • April 5, 2024"These boots have been caked in mud, kicking a shovels, soaked through and through while repairing water main breaks. They’ve been used to rehab a water filter, from soup to nuts. They’ve been snow plowing, repairing chemical feed pumps, and performing lab work...."Read the full review
