Viberg
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I get what you mean rafa. We'll see when I get them and inspect them in person. I'm assuming its not that bad because Guy didn't mention anything/defect in the description (sample sale thread ). But I do see that they are wrinkled. Hopefully nothing that my cobbler couldn't fix. Hopefully.
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congrats mate…
the only thing i don´t like that much about the hh engineers is that the leather of the left boot is all wrinkled and the right boot is totally "clean". looks like 2 different pairs imo!those service boots are badass though
Yeah their totally trashed, not worth keeping IMO. Friday I think you should ship them over to me
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Not sure if I should keep posting in the Viberg/Scout or bring back to general. Going to bring general for the mo'
These copped a fairly serious soaking today, as you can see, it beaded on top, no wurriez bro.
clicky
Pretty sure I'm a Viberg convert for life. Have been trying to figure out how I can buy a pair through my company
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I know what you mean snow. I am already thinking about ordering another pair. I don't need flights home, you can to Australia right?
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My engineer HH arrived today. Here's a shot of the left/wrinkled boot
As usual any viberg engineers/pull on will be a bit tight (according to Jason)on the/my instep. Gonna bring it to the cobbler and see what can be done. But I I'm wearing casual thin socks.. All is well :).. Length wise; PERFECTO!!!
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Hi everyone, I've been following this thread for a while now and thought it was high time I actually engaged…Since acquiring my first pair of Vibergs last year, like the rest of you, I'm now an addict!
After these sample sales and a MTO arriving recently too, the collection has pretty quickly blossomed from 1 pair to (a soon to be) 5. And I thought the cigarettes were bad for me...I'll try and get some pictures posted in the next few days.
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why are they so anti-shell?
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@Brett:
'I have some horse hide, but I won't use it. It's very hard to work with. I've done it for a few people, flat head with Japanese and then VMC with horween. Both of which is a nightmare to do. The leather is inconsistent in thickness and the finish isn't the best.
Overall it would add like 200$ to the retail. Our cost is around $100 per piece. So it's not really worth it as most people will never understand how much it costs and how difficult it is to work with.
And more importantly right now, shell Cordovan and horse butt leather(which your talking about) is almost impossible to get.
The hide market is in a huge slump for horses.
Horween can't get enough as the Chinese are buying them at a premium.
I've got cordovan on order for someone who placed order in January, and the leather won't be here till November.
Just isn't a sound way to do business and be profitable.
You can buy horse fronts for jackets no problem , but not the butts.
'I have heard elsewhere that horsehide is hard to work with in lasting the boot; but as far as the finish of the leather goes, I have to say that I have a pair of the black horsehide similar to the VMC ones, and the leather is simply the best I've ever owned on boots. Really really nice. So no complaints here on that score. Also, if you look at the pics of Finn's brown horsehides, those are if anything even nicer. I suppose we need to see how they stand the test of time, but to this point mine have held up very well indeed (much better than the pair of CXLs I have from another maker).
