Viberg

[Giles]

I will be offering the service boot in Horse when I get around to announcing the next batch of orders.  But to quote Brett - "It is fucking expensive".

Viberg have stopped doing one-offs for retailers, so I will have to order at least 4 per style/colour.  That means one of two things:

1. I need a shit load of orders
2. I have to limit the customisation

[bagley920]

Any update on the first batch G?

[Giles]

Doing my best to get a date out of them.  Blood and stone springs to mind…..

[ALEX1976]

Who the fuck needs horsehide on Vibergs?

Nobody;-)

[davito]

hahaha Alex, I am such a fekker and I love to fkc with them all the time LOL

I am so lucky I own one of these guys. Believe me the horse is completely on a whole different level, both the Viberg engineer and FlatHead horsehide workboot have an extreme presence on your foot you wont miss once you wear em. As my engineer is based on the low toe pattern it was hard at the beginning to get this thing soft but now they are one of my best fitting and comfortable shoes.

I believe the service boot in horsehide will be great. unfortunately I had no luck to grab one of these when they came out at VMC 25year anni, was too slow. This will be another (maybe one of the last) great chance to get a boot like that.

And yes horsehide is expensive but it is something for life and imho not just a shoe. those who own horsehide boots know what I try to explain. I mean pretty much all of viberg are outstanding imho doesnt matter if calf or horse.

G good luck, I remember the conversation with Roger explaining to me how hard the production of his jubilee horsehide edition was.

thx.

[thomasnunnally]

@Giles:

Doing my best to get a date out of them.  Blood and stone springs to mind…..

Haha, I have deliberately kept silent to avoid more grumbles from G!

[bagley920]

@thomasnunnally:

@Giles:

Doing my best to get a date out of them.  Blood and stone springs to mind…..

Haha, I have deliberately kept silent to avoid more grumbles from G!

Oh, trust me, I know G would have a date if he could, we all know how Viberg works…

[Friday]

Correct me if I'm wrong, horween is the main supplier of horse hide
to major boot maker i.e. whites, viberg, Alden etc,
so will the upcoming G's collab be using the same horse hide which whites
is offering at Bakers?

[Giles]

I have not asked that specific question yet…..

[Graeme]

Apparently more boots survive from WW1 than WW2 because they were made of horsehide, and that's generally longer lasting than cow. That said, I remember chatting to a bespoke shoemaker, and he reckoned that it cracked.

As far as I know there are only a handful of tanneries supplying horsehide these days: Horween in Chicago, Shinki in Japan, and I think that there's another in Italy. Chances are that Viberg will be using Horween.

Minimum of four boots per style / colour? Anyone else up for a pair of wax flesh Hikers?

[joesaintjohn]

^^
I might be in…square toe?

[Jordan23]

Depends on pricing! Horseside should be very expensive! ….over 1000€.

[ALEX1976]

One week daily wearing!

[Jordan23]

! Bad pic! But this is my small viberg Collection and a Flathead Horseside Boot!

[natehate]

alex those are looking good
but chuck and jordan are KILLING me with those burg and schilds

i have a sample of the ice mocha here and it doesnt look as light in person?

[demonito]

i swear by these viberg stallions i love them

[davito]

Great collection Jordan, thx for sharing

Demonito the stallions are awesome. From which year are they? Do you mind sharing some specs? Thx

[ChuckDenim]

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[Jordan23]

Burg & Schild got a new collab out. Watch this space for pics!;)

[ChuckDenim]

One more reason to visit Berlin… damn!
Do you saw them in person?