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Clarks Bushacre 3 Review: The Leveled Up Desert Boot

With so much choice out there, you should really love the clothes you wear. Clark's Bushacre 3 is a chukka that's a leveled up version of Clarks better known

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Thursday Cavalier Review | Why It’s the Best Value Chelsea Boot

Besides the time-saving lacelessness, one of my favorite things about Chelsea boots is how many varieties exist on the market. You can have rugged work Chelseas

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The Best Way to Mend Jeans and the Right Machine for Darning

Your jeans have a hole, you want to get them fixed because they’re still great jeans — you spent all that time getting that distressed look and hey, repairing

Comparing Huckberry’s Waxed Jackets

Comparing All of Huckberry’s Waxed Jackets

Huckberry is an online retailer that lives and breathes the heritage lifestyle. Founded by friends Andy Forch and Richard Greiner in 2010, the company has

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How To Make Cheap Boots Look Expensive

In a world dominated by sneakers in an ever-growing casual workplace, many people, including yourself might not find the need to buy expensive leather boots or

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Cheap vs Expensive Boots | 5 Areas to Consider When Buying

People looking for their first pair of boots often likens the process to an odyssey. They are consumed by their goal of finding their dream pair, and hours —

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How To Size Red Wing Boots | A Guide to Every Boot from Red Wing Themselves

Most people's introduction to well-made footwear is usually going to be a pair of boots from Red Wing's Heritage label. There isn't really a mystery as to

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How to Clean a Fountain Pen | A Step-By-Step Guide

If you are new to fountain pens, the idea that you need to clean them from time to time may seem a little strange. Think of it this way, a fountain pen is a

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How to Buy Your First Fountain Pen | A Step-By-Step Guide to the Best Brands

There is no item of style as overlooked as a man’s writing instrument, and perhaps none that make as much impact when it is impressive. A nice pen is an

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Inside NYC’s Best Shoe Stores: Leffot

Situated in the West Village between Christopher St. and Gay St. is Leffot. Founded by Steven Taffel in 2008, for over a decade now Steven and his team offer an

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The $6 Jinhao X159 Fountain Pen Review | Better than Montblanc?

Jinhao’ s profile has been rising in the fountain pen community for many years. After initial condescension over their low price points; the exuberance of their

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How To Clean Suede Boots | The Best Products and a Step-By-Step Guide

Expert Verified By: Trenton Potter, Cobbler & Footwear Expert While extremely popular amongst dress shoe enthusiasts, suede is often not the first choice

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Unboxing $785 Viberg Service Boots

If you know anything about the boot-collecting hobby, then you must be no stranger to Viberg. Founded in 1931 by Edwin Viberg, this Canadian boot company is

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The 10 Best Classic Hunting Jackets for 2023

A good hunting jacket will shield you from the elements as well as not restrict your movements when you need to swing your shotgun around to fire at a

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5 Reasons It’s Fine to Cuff Your Jeans, Actually

When you run a YouTube channel about boots and jeans, you open yourself up to a lot of unsolicited opinions about how you dress. And while it’s usually insecure

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The Best Athletic Fit Button Down | A Teddy Stratford Review (and Discount Code)

I’ve bought at least half a dozen shirts from Teddy Stratford over the last 5 years, and I finally convinced them to give me a discount code — STRIDEWISE for

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Chisos Boot Review | One Month In the Most Comfortable Cowboy Boots

If you love your work boots and all things Americana, then it's more than likely you’ve looked on in simmering admiration of those who can pull off a great pair

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How to Wax a Jacket: A Step-By-Step Guide to Waterproof Cotton

Summer’s over, you open your closet to bring your favorite waxed canvas jacket back into your rotation, but something's off. It's lost some of its sheen

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What’s Cork Nitrile and Why Is It a Great Shoe Sole?

Far from the sexiest boot topics covered on this site (fire-treated leather comes to mind), boots soles are overlooked by many. There isn’t much point in

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How to Wear Chukka Boots | 8 Styles For Every Guy

Expert Verified By: Nolan Walsh, CEO & Creative Director, Thursday Boot Company Chukka boots are strange beasts. With their unstructured toes, low-cut

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Nicks Urban Logger Review: My Heaviest Boots Ever

Is Nicks Urban Logger Boot the ultimate combination of work boot and city boot? The ideal footwear for, say, an urban environment and something you’d wear,

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Aero Leather Hooch Hauler Jacket in Russet Badalassi: A Deep Dive

I'm going to be talking about this exceptional garment here: is my Hooch Hauler jacket from Aero Leather in Russet Badalassi. I don't plan to get any more

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Hemp vs Cotton: Is Hemp Better Than Cotton for Clothes?

Despite its granola-crunching image, hemp fabric is found in all sorts of clothes and textiles and has been for centuries. Recently, while looking for a durable

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Irish Setter Vs. Red Wing Boots: 6 Reasons to Pick One Over the Other

Irish Setter and Red Wing often get mentioned in the same sentence and there’s good reason: they’re the same company. Red Wing owns Irish Setter, both are

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