Viberg

[Moonshine]

@demonito:

i suggest we do an engineer boot with either the upturned last or the standard last. with a single tone color BUT with 2 different leather and the specail old school roller buckles and maybe a nice cuban heel

Hummmm….  I like it!  But I'm sure the price would be crazy!

[demonito]

well supply the buckles i can order some from okuyama san  .  but i need to know how many are in this buckle are hella cheap man

[natehate]

all leather scouty in icy mocha chromexcel
looks yummy

[SpaceGnome]

icy mocha looks a lot like natural cxl when it ages a bit.

[natehate]

yeah i was actually talking to brett about the two leathers last week and he said they are very very similar

[FurattoHeddo]

Some boondockers available to purchase w/o wait time:

http://vibergboot.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/boondocker-3/

[Giles]

I suspect they'll go fast….

[astrogoji]

just ordered  been lusting after this pair since I saw it months ago

[Guest]

I'd jump all over those if it wasn't winter.

[Dirty Denim]

So it's that rubber sole right?  Id buy em if it didn't have that heel.  Please tell me I am misinterpreting it wrong and the first or second pic is the exact boot

[astrogoji]

dirty, it's the first one:

it has a leather sole. the other two are vintage models from the wwII era for comparison purposes. you can read more about the boondocker here on horween's site if you are so inclined 
http://horween.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/boondockers/

should have mine in a week so i'll snap some pics for you all 

[Dirty Denim]

Yup ty…I spoke to them ..If I am a 12 but like and buy my boots a half to a size smaller for a snug fit as well as to give the impression my feet are smaller than they are...would a 10.5 or an 11 be best?

[natehate]

how much do your toes hate you?

[Chris]

Yeah, that seems like a bad idea.  But if you're dead set on using your boots to do a modern version of Chinese foot binding, go with the 10.5.  Vibergs use UK sizing, which in my experience is one size smaller than US.  Thus, your correct size in Viberg boots would be an 11.:)

[astrogoji]

Dirty,

I am also a US 12, and like Chris said I opted for the foot binding 10.5 UK size    might be snug but I think with plain toe boots such as these (no toe cap to break up the length) it may work out better that way.

[zwer]

UK sizes are a half down on US sizing, so a UK11.5 is a US12.

You can often size down a bit with boots, but what I find bothersome isn't so much your toes hitting the end (if they do you've gone down too much), it's the way the boot fits the rest of your foot. I find it's the tops of my toes that get it the worst.

And if you buy a smaller size simply because you think your true size makes your foot look too big, then maybe you need to look at other boots. I find the false tongue on my Daytons breaks up the unreasonably long toe box.

[Giles]

http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3778.msg193284#msg193284

[RP]

@astrogoji:

My final Christmas present to myself.  They are being sent to my parents' house, so I'll pick them up in early 2013.

[davito]

Nice present RP merry xmas

Nike vs Viberg after walking through mud with the doggie dog and a lil clean up in the grass afterwards

[elclintor]

@astrogoji:

dirty, it's the first one:

it has a leather sole. the other two are vintage models from the wwII era for comparison purposes. you can read more about the boondocker here on horween's site if you are so inclined 
http://horween.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/boondockers/

should have mine in a week so i'll snap some pics for you all 

About to pick these up.. The lady I talked to at Viberg really wanted me to send in a foot tracing, so that's the next step..