Viberg

[Giles]

@rocket:

so this is the upcoming collaboration ?? I'm not quite sure what to think about this

This is just the first…............Haraki wanted to put his 21oz toe in the water............

[rocket]

everything will be good in the end, hopefully…

[Giles]

@Geo:

well send them up too - I'll be able to tell you which is best . . . eventually

Deformed though my feet may be,  I have taken on the onerous task of checking out all new boot collabs  personally.  Thanks for your interest Geo (but piss off)….............

[Geo]

there's no need to be like that Giles - only trying to help

[Geo]

before I do piss off tho' - what's the timeline for availability

[Giles]

Not sure.  Sample is stilll In Canada.  Will be wth H late next week for final OK,  Then up to Brett @ Viberg

[Geo]

ok - ta

[riffblaster general]

superblack????  man oh man.

[FurattoHeddo]

@Giles:

Wait till you see the Super Black version…..........

Halelujah! Praise the Lord… 

[Seul]

Yeah - superblack version looking like that will be kopped INSTANTLY by Belgium… Fuck that looks good... Might buy indigo as well... Whilst at it...

[Giles]

The Buffalo has a really nice texture and is 4mm thick - IH Gauge….

[Jii]

Took a nice little stroll today in the sunshine.

[Giles]

How are you finding that sole in the snow?  Next IH/Viberg is likely going to be a short shift…..

[Jii]

To be honest….

...they are (were) slippery as hell (sideways). I haven't had any problems with my Red Wings so I thought people were exaggerating when talking about the problems with the Vibrams. Luckily (or unluckily according to my wife usually  ;D)  I'm a bit of a DIY-kind of guy so after nearly killing myself outside I grabbed a ruler and a carpet knife and made 6 vertical 4 mm wide grooves per sole. Theyre not visible from anywhere but from the underside but the outcome is that there are zero traction problems. So I'm happy. Really happy.

[Giles]

Cool

[PETEROCK1]

[hectic]

Superblack and I'm there.

[zhivago]

Jii - would you mind throwing up a shot or two of the  "diy" work on your Viberg sole.  I live in a very rainy environment and have been unhappy with only one aspect of my Viberg boots, the slip factor.  Any suggestions on the matter would be more than appreciated.

[Katsushin]

Zhivago…
Our local Humboldt shoe guy just scored a bunch of lines in my redwings with great success.
Hit me up and I'll show you...

[Jii]

@zhivago:

Jii - would you mind throwing up a shot or two of the  "diy" work on your Viberg sole.  I live in a very rainy environment and have been unhappy with only one aspect of my Viberg boots, the slip factor.  Any suggestions on the matter would be more than appreciated.

Sure, here you go:

I'm aware it's not the most beautiful of works, but it fixed the problem. I suppose the sole is solid rubber and was fully prepared that my experiment might have ended up in a resole but it looks like this worked out just fine.