Viberg

[madmonday]

viberg X fsg from a bit back

[bertoni]

Hey Monday…I like those. Thinking of ruining myself and ordering a custom build. Not sure whether the Bobcat or Scout would be best. You have some Bobcats no? Have you tried the Scout boot? I'm trying to find out what the difference is between the 2.

[Chris]

Might want to consider contacting Viberg directly to get information about various models and the differences between them.

[SimonQ.]

hey there,

could some1 post a picture of your viberg showing the inside of them?

preferable the 1950 service boot.

thanks!

[Giles]

and the outside

[Peter]

my sample sale pair arrived yesterday, unfortunately im travelling with work the entire week so wont be able to pick em up until sunday. killing me!

[Friday]

Viberg family pic with the latest 1950, 110 last, HH brogue toe cap, leather sole with cats paw heel which i scored during the sample sale.

[lamdog123]

blueblanket + boondocker

[Concret]

Here some impressions of the Viberg booth at the Bread & Butter Tradeshow in Berlin the last week







These are reversed cordovan boots, Guy explained to me that with Brett they just thought "and why not?" and made it, you can even see the Horween stamp on the quarter and toes  of the boot.

[tatmantall]

That is the boot I was referring to a few weeks ago when joking with Giles. That inside out boot is garbage….

On a different note (sort of), and someone else mentioned this, for being so anti horsehide sure seems like they use a lot of it when it comes to their samples, yet when I tried to get a horsehide engineer boot made They wouldn't even consider it for a second

[mclaincausey]

Heh. Shell-in cordovan. I like the bold experimentation but that seems like a waste to me. All that work to expose the shell and it's turned inside. I'd imagine those boots retain sweat like no other as well, but I'm not expert.

[TresUnCool]

I want THOSE Bobcat's.

[SpaceGnome]

so they refuse to make shell boots, but when they do, they make them inside out?

[Arabit]

I bet those reverse cordovans feel weird on the inside. I do not like those gimmicky boots at all…....................

[tigerpac]

On the one hand its nice to see some experimentation, on the other hand I hate to think of the person who is 12 weeks deep in their wait for new boots because of something like that…

[mclaincausey]

Right… and any experimentation should be a little more intelligent, unless I'm missing something.  I just can't think of why you would want the shell facing your foot instead of the world.  Even if there's a practical reason to have "roughout" shell cordovan, is it something anyone would ever buy?  If not, then the experiment is a waste of time.

[bagley920]

They look hideous

[toddjcoley]

Is it? Everyone is talking about it

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[Concret]

Well, Guy said that actually the aging of the "roughout cordovan" is pretty decent and with a singular fading, and it looks very unique. They are soft to the touch and the idea of such unique boots might be appealing for some people. If you dont like them, just dont look at them. Easy.

[mclaincausey]

I fully agree with the "if you don't like it, don't look at it" ethos, which is why I haven't commented on the looks of the boots, but I am more curious about the practical implications of that kind of design…  Are there any advantages, because I can think of many potential issues with it.  The collagen seeps... inward onto your socks I guess?  Then are you able to replace it by conditioning the roughout side of the leather?  How does that affect the look, such as it is...?  And, again, I'd worry about swampfoot when a surface designed to repel water is facing inward.

It sounds like some of the other statements are fueled by frustration at Viberg burning shell cordovan for this kind of experiment when they can't convince them to take money for shell boots.