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At Stridewise, our experts pride themselves on crafting the most detailed and in-depth footwear reviews. From cowboy to work boots, we test every boot using our extensive boot review process to cut through the hype and find the best of the best.

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Review: Sutro’s Alder Is the Impatient Man’s Boot

Sutro is a San Francisco based footwear company, and the city is very much in Sutro’s DNA. The boots are all named after places in the city and even the company

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Red Wing Vs. Danner – Which Is America’s Favorite Boot?

Reader, you’re in for a treat. This is one of the most commonly asked questions in the world of boots: which is better, Red Wing vs. Danner? They’re the two

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Danner Bull Run Review: America’s Favorite Moc Toe?

Danner is an enormously popular boot company. Based in Oregon, they were founded by Charles Danner in 1932 in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin — the same place that

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Kiwi Conditioning Oil Review – How to Use and Before & After

Despite the very New Zealand name, Kiwi was actually launched in Australia in 1906 (by a man with a New Zealand wife) and it’s since become phenomenally

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Beckett Simonon’s Boot Review | Is the Dowler Worth the Wait?

Beckett Simonon is a pretty unusual footwear company in that everything is made to order. They don’t carry inventory. The idea is that this makes for a more

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Leather Honey Review: Does It Cover Up Scuffs?

Leather Honey is the number one selling leather conditioner on Amazon right now. If you are searching for leather conditioner or even, yes, boot conditioner,

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Review: The Taft Dragon 2.0 Boot Nails the Balance of Weird and Stylish

There’s a new Dragon boot in town. American bootmaker Taft has kicked their Dragon 1.0 to the curb — see my original Dragon review here — and upgraded to the

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Red Wing vs Thursday Boots | My Thoughts After 5 Years of Wear

This is a showdown between the two biggest casual American boot brands, and they're actually both the market's best value option — in different ways. In one

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Sof Sole Mink Oil Review – It’s Not Actually Mink Oil?

Is mink oil the fountain of youth for your boots? I decided to pick some up to see if they could work on some four-year-old Thursday boots. Now, these boots

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How to Break in Boots – 12 Expert Tricks for Tough Boots

Expert Verified By: Trenton Potter, Cobbler & Footwear Expert Stiffness is the ultimate paradox with a brand-new pair of boots. Sure, one day in the

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Helm Zind Review – My Favorite Black Boot! (Discount Code)

Helm is an Austin-based shoe company that has become a fixture of the city’s boot scene. Well known for their trademark white stripe in the midsole, their shoes

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Bickmore Bick 4 Leather Conditioner Review: Doesn’t Darken Leather?

Bickmore has been in the leather care game since 1882, when they started out by making products to soothe sores on horses that were caused by their

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3 Reasons (Most) Boots Should Have a Shank

What exactly is a boot shank? Simply put, the shank is a load-bearing piece of steel (or another hard, inflexible material) that is sandwiched between the

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Review: Parkhurst’s Sleek But Roomy Delaware Boot

Note: This boot's been discontinued. Check out our Parkhurst Allen boot review for a look at their flagship model. Parkhurst is a newer boot company that was

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Allen Edmonds Sullivan Street Review – Dressy With a Twist

Currently headquartered in Port Washington, Wisconsin, Allen Edmonds have been making boots in the United States since 1922 and when compared to other popular

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How to Clean Suede Boots – Everything You Should Know About Cleaning Suede

Beauty on the eye, nappy to the touch, and a masterstroke on many dress styles, suede is both rugged and soft, and it makes for a great addition to a boot

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Timberlands Vs Doc Martens: The Most Iconic Boot Battle Ever

This is it: the boot comparison. I’ve compared boots before, it’s true —  Wolverine Vs. Thursday, Viberg Vs. Alden, Alden Vs. Allen Edmonds Vs. Grant Stone —

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Thursday Boot Company Vanguard Review: Is American Made Better?

Founded in 2014, Thursday Boot Company is one of the newest boot companies on the scene and they’ve been disruptive, to say the least. It was founded by Connor

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Boot Review: Is Santalum the Red Wing of Indonesia?

Santalum is an Indonesian boot company based in the West Javan capital of Bandung, which is basically Asia’s unofficial boot headquarters. A lot of people

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Red Wing Blacksmith Boot Review – Rugged or Comfortable?

Red Wing is probably the most popular and influential American boot brand of all time. Around here, I rarely stop talking about them; I’ve reviewed them,

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Saphir Renovateur Review | The World’s Best Boot Conditioner?

Saphir's Renovateur is the crème de la shoe crème. It is the fanciest, schmanciest, priciest leather conditioning product you're likely to find, and it has

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Does It Matter If Your Leather Conditioner Has Petroleum?

If you’ve already invested in a pair of quality leather boots, you probably know how important leather conditioner is. A good conditioner will do a lot for you:

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Timberland Premium Waterproof Boot Review – Is the Hype Real?

This is it: the original yellow boot that made the Timberland Company so famous. The company was founded in Boston in 1928 when it was called the Abington Boot

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Venetian Shoe Cream Review and How to Use

It's fair to say that Venetian Shoe Cream is the go-to product for conditioning boots. Whether you're talking about boots that are outdoorsy or dressy, 

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