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[Anesthetist]

These Viberg hikers have got to be some of my favorite boots on the forums.

[khaki8]

McC…be careful you don't break your ankles in those Viberg's. They aren't really good for rocky terrain....for flat stuff they are fine but over the rocks they don't flex enough. I have three pairs of them and use other stuff for hiking.

[Andreas1965]

First time out with the new WESCOs today.

[ky]

@Madame:

New Viberg Hikers

lovely Hikers  :-*, and in my size too… sigh

[bornheim]

I posted these on the Wolverine thread… but thought I'd throw em up here, too...!

These came back from the boot maker a bit earlier than expected. I just wasn't getting along with the rubber fore-sole on the rough out 1K boots.
This is what they looked like to begin with:

I had an additional rubber protective sole applied over the existing rubber to beef it up a bit… but I still wasn't happy. Then I went looking for and managed to source a range of different sole options including a cats paw-like "Dr. Sole Original" cord composite rubber sole, but these things are super heavy… and well, you know... sometimes the idea of a boot is more comfortable than the actual boot on your foot--like lugging a slab of concrete around strapped to your foot.

In the end I decided I have so many heavy duty boots, and with summer coming, I'd go for a lighter option... so the Vibram.

I'm pretty happy with how these turned out... kind of the way that should be, I think. 

Cheers,
-bornheim

[Bluegrass]

I like the way they turned out - good call - very fine looking boots!

[irishexpat]

new moc-toes in Olive Mohave

[Moonshine]

^great score for $105!

[madmonday]

Great boot bornheim. Those waxed laces came with the boots?

[bornheim]

@madmonday:

Great boot bornheim. Those waxed laces came with the boots?

Yep… standard laces that come on the 1000 Mile Boots.

-bornheim.

[lamdog123]

toys mccoy beck engineer 

[injunjack]

YES…Bump Toes...sick 'n' tired of those flat nosed ones

[tatmantall]

Very nice lamdog

[nizzel55]

Red wing 3140

Red Wing 8111

Sadly the man who resoled my ironrangers did a very poor job. Put on wrong colour on the heel. And he did an uneven job on the rest as well.
Need to fix that next time I'll send them to be resoled. It will not be the same store. That is for sure.

[Snowy]

@tatmantall:

Very nice lamdog

Agree

@Nizzel bummer about the re-sole, at least it can be corrected

[natehate]

@injunjack:

YES…Bump Toes...sick 'n' tired of those flat nosed ones

with you jack
love those boots lamdog
and of course they dont make them in my size

[demonito]

[4c]

Just picked these up… (Tony Lama’s)

[Chris]

Sueded water buffalo?

[4c]

I believe they be what Tony Lama calls “Maverick Toro” or distressed bull hide.