Viberg
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My Hopper engineer boots are in the post.
I picked them up today, after delays involving the Australian customs service. I managed to dodge any import duties, which is a relief.
They're made of a brown chamois leather, which I think is from Horween, and have an unstructured toe. Being unlined, I think that they'll slouch with age, and look awesomely patinated eventually.
The boots were intended as a homage to Dennis Hopper's character in Easy Rider, and were done as a part of a Styleforum group buy. There's talk of doing another run, this time with a partially structured toe, but I think they're better being a big squishy.
My only dislike is that they went with a Cat's Paw heel. These are renowned for not wearing well, and I'll have to replace it sooner than if they'd used a Vibram alternative.
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Here are my other pair of Vibergs. I'm only posting these because someone on Styleforum had only worn his pair twice, and they looked far too shiny.
They have the full ripple sole on, it's not too visible in the angle I took the picture from. It's comfortable when walking, but is wearing down pretty fast in the heel. I'll have to get them replaced before too long - the Roccia or Christy in brown camouflage are both tempting.
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Smashing colour mate , enjoy .
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Viberg "Licorice" Bison MocToe Chukka: Version 2.0
Voila! Like new again.
The original honey/olive wasn't evo-ing very well, so plan was to DIY dye them to light-mid brown__ instead, they turned dark brown w/ red undertone after a double coat.They're almost black, but will lighten up a bit as the dye thins out from brushing & wear … as a result, the reddish undertone will peek out ... kinda like how an overdyed denim fades
Stage1 : Version 2.0
Original pair from the NYCsamplesale
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@Finkster Thnx, sir
@Graeme : Finally got the "Hopper", Congrats
Bison Scouts
as well 
Btw, xposting from SuFu … haven't been posting here in awhile__ forgot my passcode
'Really more of lace-up kinda guy, but [these] were hard to resist …
The Hopper: Styleforum X Viberg Engineer Boots in Tobacco Chamois
• 2005 Last
• Unstructured Toes
• Stitchdown
• Cats Paw + Vibram 705
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@BrownIcon Wow that dye job turned out great - greatly improved vs. original. and those Hopper are, Nice!
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Thanks @BrownIcon. Styleforum occasionally do some interesting builds, in between all the boring Service Boots. The Scouts and Hoppers were too of them.
I'm glad I snagged the Hoppers - thanks for pushing me over the edge. There's chatter of them doing a rerun, but they're likely to use a partially structured toe. I think that being unstructured suits the boots better, as they'll develop a slouchy character with wear.
They do need to get over the Cat's Paw heel fixation though.
