Mister Freedom
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I was wearing Harley engineers in high school, you aren't too young!
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I was wearing Harley engineers in high school, you aren't too young!
Badass! I only wore vans throughout high school and college.
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Road champs really are freaking sweet. Not sure if its a good thing or a bad thing that I'm too young to be walking around in this footwear…
from what i know RC's don't have any age limit my friend
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Vans and Chucks were in rotation too, as were combat boots
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Absolutely no age limit…. Look at cats like James dean back in the day rockin engineers... It's a timeless style of footwear that unfortunately very few companies still manage to make with that beautiful and proper silhouette
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And another question on my mind: how do you think these babies stack up against Viberg and such?
I see that so far this question has gone un-addressed. I can't help as I don't own both, but would love to see an/the answer also. My guess is both are the same high quality, but different. Then again, what would I know
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I would at that the MFRC are a step above viberg for several reasons:
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research- Christophe and co put a lot of r&d into making these fit the exact build they wanted. They are a chameleon in color as well as design ranging in hues that nearly reach a dark brown/black and developing a patina to light brown and eventually exposing the natural veg tan leather. With different sole setups they are able to achieve a variety of looks from a 40s build engineer (ala Knapp) to a 50s and even a more "modern" vintage look.
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materials- the first thing I will point out is MFRC roller buckles. They keep it true to the game, where viberg does not even offer this as an upgrade and personally I despise their "faux" roller buckle. Leathers…. As far as leathers I can compare from viberg I have only the ice mocha cxl and the leather used on the IHVB-03 to compare to the Leather horween developed for the RCs. The leather on the RCs supersedes anything I have owned including viberg's ice mocha cxl which I do adore as well.
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fit- well this is personal but the MFRC fit me well while I am swimming in my 310 last engineer that was "custom" fit. The width on those engineers as well as room across the instep renders them absolutely useless unless I shove about ten pounds if socks in each show with two insoles and then my toe attempts a jail break through the end of the boot.
All in all it comes to personal preference if what you need, want, and then the overall shape of your foot. I would say both are great boots but IMO the RC comes out a bit ahead. Hope this give a bit of perspective. I will add as I think of more positives and negatives of each
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Two years r&d led by a guy with great taste and sensibilities. Thick tanned and painted leather. Great hand carved last, cobbled in USA. Sounds great on paper, I am dying to see if my inbound pair fit!
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Yeah I dunno, i have a pair as well and did my best to compare to my engineers from viberg to the MFRC I was just exampling leather from my other pair of vibergs as well though I'm sure davito would love to chime in.r
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the smell is amazing for sure
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thanks a lot for the great review tat…i also think that the MFRC's are badass and a bit better in quality, fit, etc. as the viberg engineers.
thinking about the 25th anni engineer boot that viberg did with VMC 2 years ago, i have to say that both are pretty similar. starts from the shaft and ends in the same flat toebox...iirc vibergxvmc used a dainite sole on their boot, so that is a big plus in my book, compared to the leather sole MF used! on the other hand i think the leather is a tad nicer of the MFRC's, so you see, every boot has his advantages in some way! pretty hard to say which one's better...compared to your "standard" viberg engineers, the MFRC wins though...
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Hi guys like Tat mentioned is all about personal preference. I have the rc, the viberg vmc anni and the buco. I am not a comparison guy. I enjoy and wear all in their own way i do not baby my shoes, i just enjoy em. I need good shoes as i am out a lot with the dog.
Christophe has his own philosophy where as viberg does as well. In fact the rc is the only MF product which is re-runned several times afaik viberg had pairs with the roller buckles too but hard to get -
Hello Rafa the VMC anni is not really to compare although flat shape the VMC anni are hardcore and need a lot of time to break that horse butt in, sole is a vibram chevron. The horse butt is incredible it took me over a year To get em shaped
the rc is a get to go boot the leather gives quickly only sole needs to break in and mold the boot To your feet imho Dont forget guys, MF is coming from a complete different approach 30' to 50's style motoboots with leather sole and cats paw heel for the nice Cali weather
Rafa remember your Foto of the VMC annis
http://vintageengineerboots.blogspot.ch/2011/10/viberg-x-vmc.html?m=1
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SUPERFUZZ- hey, how are the shafts working for you? I was curious if it made it any more difficult to get the boot on or off? Also how long did it take to have it completed I am really considering this when my boots get back from zip
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I'm trying to find some more info on these boots, but even the MF site has very little. Specifically, I'm wondering how large their size run is? I don't have high hopes considering their clothing line runs pretty small.
Regardless, thanks for sharing your impressions, tmt and davito. The boots look awesome.
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Goes up to a 12 seancono, which fits my size 13 perfectly;
