The IHF/Viberg Hiker
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^ yes, actually i'm still enjoying the holiday break, thanks! so here you go mate
in advance, sry for the shitload of pics y'all, but i can't help it
went with the same size as i'm wearing in all of my vibergs - UK9!
…comfortable straight out of the box! gonna clean'em and besides that, i'm thinking about dubbing them!
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Love the boot. I definitely would want smoothout uppers though for ease of cleaning.
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dumb question, I assume they couldn't flip the skin to make a smoothout right?
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Yeah but the thing about letting mud dry on boots is that the grime works its way into the leather and acts as an internal abrasive. At least this is what happens with smoothout, you're never supposed to let mud dry on those. Perhaps roughout is somehow different, but I would think it has an even greater tendency for mud and grit to work its way into the leather.
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Mud has a tendency to wick moisture from leather when you let it dry, in addition to the aforementioned infiltration of grit. I never let mud dry on shoes. YMMV.
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dry mud is way easier to remove as wet mud…at least on roughout leather that is.
when on "normal" leather, i also remove it asap. since these hikers are made to take a serious beating (and i hope they'll receive one), i don't care too much about it! in the end they are just shoes mate -
dumb question, I assume they couldn't flip the skin to make a smoothout right?
Yes we can. G
