Viberg

[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.

[Mizmazzle]

@Denman-John I guess when I think wire brush my mind goes to something like this…which I wouldn’t use on my boots..think I last used this to clean my grill.

[Denman John]

@Mizmazzle Something like that, but a little smaller and not as mangled It works well with a gentle touch in spot areas, but I wouldn’t use it on the whole boot by any means. I used it on the toe area once a couple of months after I bought the boots. Since then I have left them natural with a couple of brushing when needed. I was a bit more anal when I first got them, now I embrace the patina.

Edit: Looking closer at you pictures again, I would be hesitant to use the wire brush as I was thinking it was a straight rough out leather. Kinda skipped over the part where you mentioned waxy ️

[Mizmazzle]

@Denman-John haha. That brush has been used and abused!
I think I’m just gonna let em get beat down au natural too. Wet cloth wipe down and a dry horse hair brushing seems to work well. Maybe I’ll try some
Sort of rough out conditioner one day. For now…full bore assault!!

[jfive67]

@SonnyTheElder What leather are the second pair ?

[SonnyTheElder]

@jfive67 Black shell cordovan that's fading to red on one boot, and green on the other.