Viberg
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^ My guess is that while there is a big demand for a leather than shows wear quickly and molds very easily to the person's foot, CXL will continue to be a significant offering from bootmakers. It's hard to beat for comfort. I'm wearing my Alden 403 as I type this and at only 9 months of rotated wear they are like slippers.
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I have the shinki horsehide engineers they released early this year - they are badass for sure. But CXL has it's place in my wardrobe - my viberg boondockers, my White's, several belts… It ain't for no reason so many bootmakers and leather artisans use it... A buddy of mine has a pair of black CXL White's nomads and they are like butter.
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This has no basis, but I'm honestly sick of hearing CXL. I feel like everybody and their mother makes every god damn thing out of cxl. I feel like steerhide/horsehide/horsebutt are way more badass leathers… if viberg does a black 9" horsehide engineer on the 2005 last I think I have to get it.
CXL is just a tannage, it's not implicitly cowhide nor mutually exclusive to steer, horse, or horsebutt. I do think they would never CXL a shell though, instead they would use their similar cordovan tannage.
I get the "tired of CXL" thing, just pointing that out.
For those who are into authenticity, horse wasn't a common boot hide for engineers (since you mentioned engineers). Not that I wouldn't love a pair!
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the look of giles viberg-horse-engeneers is quite unbeatable.
if you compare his horse with my cxl, the horse wins bigtime, imo. -
The only pair of CXL boots I've ever owned, I sold (navy Viberg service boots). Compared to the olive latigo leather in my other pair of Viberg service boots, they just weren't very impressive. That leather is excellent, and it just seems to stay beautiful, despite wear and neglectful maintenance.
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Hey G, speaking of your horse engineers, how about posting a pic of them when you get a chance. I'm curious to see how they are looking these days.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI will post pics next week. I am selling them…...
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here's mine 9" Engineer, Black Horween Horsebutt, 2005 last, no toe box. 1 year in rotation and counting, still stiff and fighting. ::)
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Those blow my mind. If the shaft was 1" higher and those had toe tracks they would be the ultimate engineer boot. Can't get over how nice that leather is…next time they make those I got to do it! How much were they again?
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Wow, those pics are really making me kick myself for not grabbing a pair when they available. I've had some sizing issues with my Road Champs so I was gun shy.
@grandmasterben I think they were around $900
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Nice ones jeff!
@superfuzz, am i crazy or is that a pretty good deal considering these are horsehide engineers made by viberg? For instance, I love the lofgrens and they felt great, but these just blow my mind honestly
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i can't remember, are you in la? i've got to find a place to try on some vibergs to get sizing down
