Viberg

[Denman John]

@j6550 Beautiful boots ~ wear them in good health!

[j6550]

310 Chocolate Chamois Roughout

[Denimhead 0]

@j6550 ️

[Mizmazzle]

@j6550 that leather suits the 310 really well!! You get the sizing all worked out?

[j6550]

@Mizmazzle Yep. These fit great. Half size down from the 2045. Essentially full size down from what my most common size (which is a 9). Really like this last. The sprung toe makes walking very comfortable. If you have a wide foot, this is the last for you.

[SonnyTheElder]

Vibergs the last couple of days.

[northsouthdenimguy]

My dogs are barking after three days of wearing my new dome boots. Gloxi to the rescue

[Jord]

@northsouthdenimguy Off-topic but those are some good lucking cuffs!

[northsouthdenimguy]

@Jord

Thanks! 21 oz is so good

[SonnyTheElder]

Natural CXL.

[Mizmazzle]

Gave my 310s a bath and a brush down.

Before

After
(also threw some pisgah range laces on em)

[Mizmazzle]

Should have taken a before shot. These were pretty much covered in mud. I wear them pretty hard fishing, hiking, backpacking…I’m not really sure how to care for the CF Stead waxy commander leathers.

I rinsed em, wiped with a wet cloth and then brushed em a bunch. A good amount of the loft came back from the rough out. They were rather beat down before.

You can see the rough out has de waxed and is being sloughed off in spots. Eventually it’s going to get smoothed over in most places. Anyone know the recommended care for this leather? I guess soon enough it will be just like smooth out leather.

[Denimhead 0]

@Mizmazzle Beautiful boots

[ZackB]

@Mizmazzle my 310s are waxy commander. In my minimum research looks like you can condition what is revealed or rewax them. Curious what you decide, mine aren’t that far along yet but I think I’ll just condition when the time comes.

[Mizmazzle]

@ZackB thanks buddy. The Viberg site says to treat their rough out leathers in the same manner as suede. But these waxy leathers are different still.

I don’t plan to re wax I don’t think. I think now that the wax is basically all gone, I’ll just treat em like a rough out, and use water and brush em out.

Viberg recommends a marseille soap/ shampoo. Maybe I’ll try that to help lift the dirt.

[ZackB]

@Mizmazzle let me know how it goes! I’m going to be in the same boat down the road. Maybe somebody with some first hand experience will chime in. I

[Mizmazzle]

@ZackB that’s what I’m hoping for…

I do look forward to the day when the leather becomes all smooth. Will be a totally different looking boot.

[Denman John]

@Mizmazzle Both pairs of boots look epic. I love looking at a nice pair of broken in boots. I’ve had luck using a small wire brush to fluff up the rough out leather on the toe area of my boots. The back of the heels are worn smooth and I like the look/feel. Mainly use the wire brush on the toes when I thought they needed it with good results.

[Mizmazzle]

@Denman-John thanks for the input, John. Do you mean an actual wire brush or a stiff bristle brush?

I agree..I love the rubbed down leather too. I think the boots are going to look so good when there’s like 30% and more rubbed smooth area.

[Denman John]

@Mizmazzle It’s an actual small wire toothbrush that I used in small areas where I wanted to”fluff” up the leather a bit. I think I might have got it at the Viberg shop in Victoria, but there is no branding on it so I may be wrong. Works great when needed.