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Boot and shoe reviews from real owners. Honest evaluations of quality, construction, sizing, fit, comfort, durability, and patina development.

Horsebutt that breaks in like a sock and ages like a fine wine

Crux Deluxe Boondockers in Guidi House Cab
By PatinaTechnodrome • April 5, 2025"Regular wear..."Read the full review
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I've gotten so many intrigued questions and effusive compliments.

Master Zuo 1610-8-2B in Badalassi Carlo Yellow Minerva
By Janbiya • April 5, 2025"I wore my Master Zuo boots heavily throughout the Dome. I wore them every other day with only a half-handful of exceptions, leaving time to dry and rest between wears. I walk for exercise and put an average of over 20,000 steps per wear on these boots. Over the course of six months, I estimate I walked over 1000 miles/1600 kilometers in them. That was no joke, and the soles and heels really show it. These boots accompanied me through the most tumultuous period of my adult life as my wife and I suddenly left behind our home and careers, returning to the United States after 10 years of living abroad due to a family crisis. Through all the turmoil and crazy emotional ups and downs that have come with that, having some truly awesome footwear on my feet and the structure and competition of the Thunderdome to motivate me to keep walking every day was a much-needed source of stability and positivity. Besides the two million plus steps mainly on pavement, these shoes have been hiking, gone horseback riding, faced rainstorms and mud and forded creeks, been doused in cooking oil spills, and held up lines at airport security due to the all-eyelet configuration. I've gotten more intrigued questions and effusive compliments on these boots than any other pair of footwear I've had, principally from women. I'm eager to send them off now for a repair at the close of the Dome, but after they get back they are assured a place in my rotation in perpetuity...."Read the full review
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I asked for a true engineer work boot. I got more than expected.

OPEN ROAD CUSTOMS Elephants On Parade Engineers in Elephant Oatmeal
By nobnix • April 5, 2025"Lighter commercial excavation work. Apartments and smaller projects...."Read the full review
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Chonky, comfortable, go anywhere, do anything boots.

Nicks Free Range in Horween Black Teacore Chromexcel
By cows_electronico • April 5, 2025"I have worn them almost every day for six months. The first day of wear included their first of several multi-hour hour airplane rides - they even made it unscathed on foot through the precheck security screening. I wore them to business casual meetings. I walked about 4 city miles every day and they loved pavement pounding. I pulled my kiddo through many museums in them. They were great in the rain and decent in the snow - though different soles would be better on ice. They were perfect hiking in the woods. They scrambled well on rocks. They were surprisingly good boots for snowshoeing. I had better than expected ball control kicking around a soccer ball in them. There were very few occasions where I did not want to wear them. Once on foot, these chonky boys were wonderful. These boots were made for walkin, and that's just what they did...."Read the full review
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