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

A tough pair for a tough year

Nicks Pullman in 64 Brown Double Shot
By DrJohnCrunch • April 6, 2025"These Pullmans have been in every environment I could put them in. From daily wear in the hospital to walking the streets of NYC to snowy solo hikes throughout the winter they’ve stood up to it all. I started medical residency this year and I bought these boots as a bit of a gift to myself for taking the next step in my career. I also bought them knowing I would be wearing them daily in the hospital. I quickly became known as “the boot guy” both among my coresidents as well as the hospital staff and my patients. Even though I wear a mask most of the time people can identify me by the footwear. Not only did these boots support me physically on my feet daily but they also became a bit of a part of my identity, at least in the way that others could pick me out easily. Being daily work boots for a new physician, these boots have been in a lot of tough situations this year; they were there when I introduced myself as a physician for the first time, when I discharged my first patient after watching them recover under my care, when I had difficult conversations with patients and their families about tough diagnoses, when I have seen people through their final moments, and when I have been parts of emergency life saving situations. As silly as it may sound, through all of these new/scary/difficult situations, these boots have helped me feel grounded and solid through it all. They help me stand tall even during the longest work hours of my life and they help me crouch down to speak eye to eye with my patients when they can’t get up out of bed. These boots have also been part of some of the happiest times of my life. I got both engaged and married this year. I’m one of the lucky guys whose wife actually beat me to it and she proposed first. Even so, I proposed to her a few weeks later and these boots were on my feet when I got on one knee. These boots were also on my feet through the entire process of setting up and decorating our wedding venue and they were on my feet while we hiked the blue ridge mountains while on our mini-honey moon. I’ve been glad to have something that has linked all these occasions that I can continue to wear and cherish for years to come. Every time I slide these boots on, I know a new memory can be made...."Read the full review
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Nice boots, a different last and springing for imported leather and they would be really good.

TXTURE Txture / Pacific boots in Red Wine Pull Up (local)
By MDM • April 5, 2025"Regularly worn in an office environment...."Read the full review
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There's no question. These are my outdoor boots for the foreseeable future. I love these boots.

Nicks x Rose Anvil ND3 in Horween Brown Waxed Flesh
By ProletariatPrince • April 5, 2025"I wore these every other day for the dome, plus some extra days when I knew I'd be working outside. I didn't shy away from rain, snow, mud, or anything. I just put them on and went out, and they took everything I could throw at them. I even wore them through the airport and on the plane. I did a lot of walking in these boots. They are, in fact, the most comfortable boots I have for walking. 8-10 miles in a day was no problem at all. After they broke in some I had no trouble squatting or kneeling in them, though after a while of squatting, it does feel tight across the instep. But that's true for any boots. Standing on ladders was never a problem, climbing skinny scaffold and tower ladders was never a problem. I never felt unsure of my footing. I travel a lot, so I wore them in cold, wet, hot, dry, every condition from Florida to West Texas, to Seattle, to Brooklyn, to Missouri and everywhere in between. I never had any issues with wet feet or discomfort...."Read the full review
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Underrated, overbuilt and just bad ass… Nick’s built this boot to be worn, loved and experienced.

Nicks StationMaster in Wickett & Craig Double Stuffed Navy
By BamaBoyinTx • April 5, 2025"I had a tough time decidung which boots to use for the Thunderdome. I started on the Stitchdown website and was amazed at the drastic changes that some of the previous contestants achieved in just a few short months. To be honest, I really wasn’t certain that I’d be able to develop that kind of patina, as I couldn’t see myself wearing the same pair of boots everyday. As a recovering sneakerhead, I’ve always been the guy who had dozens of pairs of shoes that I constantly rotated. So the idea of wearing the same “uncomfortable” pair of heavy boots everyday was completely foreign to me. However, once the contest started, my competitive side kicked in and I committed to the process. I broke my boots in on the weekend of Bootcamp. I walked over 25 miles in my boots that weekend. Since then, my boots have been to 5 National Parks. I used them hiking in the Santa Monica mountains. I took the. on a weekend through to Chicago. I’ve worn them to church, I’ve taken them camping and to lots of cocktail bars. While intially they weren’t easy to put on, overtime they became my go to boots for every adventure. Through this competition, I really gained a new appreciate for boots. These are the first boots that I really loved to wear. It turns out that ny Nicks are a LOT more comfortable than the cheaper boots that I had owned in the past. I also discovered that life was a lot easier when I knew exactly what I was going to wear each day. I also was shocked to find these boots seemed to ease a the hip pain that had plagued me over the past few years. Over the course of the last 6 months, my boots have taught me that life is a lot sweeter when you commit to owning fewer but better things. Don’t get me wrong, I am not even close to being a minimalist, but I have learned that I don’t need or want a closet full of shoes. Instead, I’d much prefer to own a few amazing pairs of boots that are built to last and only get better with time. My boots have gotten better with each wear and I love them more and more all the time. My boots have changed a lot. the experience of using them has also changed my perspective. I’ve learned to better appreciate the things I have. When my heels started wearing down, I simply upgraded them. When my boots got dirty, I brushed them, shined them, and restained the edges. While lesser boots might have fallen apart by now, these boots seem to just be getting started. If I had to summarize how my perspective has shifted, it would be with this: Life is short, buy the boots, wear the things you love, and always remember what’s important…it’s not things you own, its not collecting a bunch of things, it’s family, it’s being present in the small moments and truly being thankful for the gifts that life has given us...."Read the full review
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A Truly Perfect Match

Fortis Antasena Sidezip in Indonesian Black Teacore
By KVanDev • April 5, 2025"These boots have seen a lot of wear the last six months. I work on my feet and walk a lot, I averaged right at 6 miles a day per wear for a total of 859 miles in the six months of the competition. I would occasionally go on light hikes in them to see the surrounding marshland we have here in southeast Texas. My biggest passion in life is dancing and during the thunderdome I went dancing 45 times in these boots, and with a total of 143 wears, this means roughly 30% of my wears involved dancing at some point. And they danced and walked of course here locally, but also saw trips to New York City and Japan! In my two weeks in Japan they had well over 100 miles of wear, 4 salsa nights, and countless memories made there. They hiked along a rocky shore in Wakayama, crossed through the Shibuya scramble, climbed hundreds of flights of stairs, drunkenly walked through Golden Gai and Dotonburi, ran 6 miles through the rain when I missed the train back to my hotel from Shinjuku to Nippori. These boots and I lived and experienced so much, and they handled it all incredibly well...."Read the full review
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