@fanya:

Just curious what makes Vibergs better than the other above mentioned boots?  Better construction? Materials? The double welt?  What justifies another couple hundred dollar premium? (Just curious, I'll never own a pair)

There's no double welt. It's actually stitchdown construction using two rows of stitching, which is widely considered inferior to Goodyear construction. Not by me, mind you. I love stitch down. Or McKay construction. In my experience vibergs are a better finish and attention to detail, which constitutes about a 100 dollar premium, no where clise to 300-400 more. It's all hype. The highest quality boot I've ever handed was made by nicks boots. The construction is atomic bomb proof and the finish is viberg level. As a side note, I think with the advancement of the internet horween has absolutely exploded in terms of hype and overwhelming market saturation. There is better leather out there. Just In terms of tanning horween or no  horween I prefer oil tanned over chrome tanned all day long. Don't get me wrong horween is quality top notch stuff but people act like it's the end all. It's just most well known than other stuff. For absolute best value for construction, materials and wait time For the ultimate boot id go whites custom. I would say nicks over whites any day but nicks wait is like 20 weeks and customer service is poor.

Prob because they don't mess with no crepe sole

@mclaincausey:

On 8/16 that wasn't the case, at least according to Tony Pace.

Oh wow, must have changed policy or they were busy. I talked to multiple people including tony

Well it cost more but you can call them anytime, I did it last year, they are highly available, when I was gonna do it, I didn't end up doing it cause I ended up having no money, but it was gonna be nat cxl , true double mid sole, none of that 1 thick 1 thin mid. And a pull tab. Quoted 515 I think at that time

@Chris:

Yeah, they do, don't they?  Not the greatest traction in wet conditions, either.

Hey Giles, maybe while you're groveling for more in this version, you can make some plans for the next edition- some shade of brown, single midsole, commando sole, and maybe a toe cap. I'd be all over those.

Oak street will do any custom order you want, single mto pairs

I would have liked nat cxl with double sole like the bonobos collab

Why does that get expensive?

Does viberg recraft like redwing does

I like how there is a midsole. Usually with christy sole it's just the welt then the sole

Suede is split skin, so it's thinner than regular rough out