Viberg
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To be honest….
...they are (were) slippery as hell (sideways). I haven't had any problems with my Red Wings so I thought people were exaggerating when talking about the problems with the Vibrams. Luckily (or unluckily according to my wife usually ;D) I'm a bit of a DIY-kind of guy so after nearly killing myself outside I grabbed a ruler and a carpet knife and made 6 vertical 4 mm wide grooves per sole. Theyre not visible from anywhere but from the underside but the outcome is that there are zero traction problems. So I'm happy. Really happy.
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Jii - would you mind throwing up a shot or two of the "diy" work on your Viberg sole. I live in a very rainy environment and have been unhappy with only one aspect of my Viberg boots, the slip factor. Any suggestions on the matter would be more than appreciated.
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Jii - would you mind throwing up a shot or two of the "diy" work on your Viberg sole. I live in a very rainy environment and have been unhappy with only one aspect of my Viberg boots, the slip factor. Any suggestions on the matter would be more than appreciated.
Sure, here you go:
I'm aware it's not the most beautiful of works, but it fixed the problem. I suppose the sole is solid rubber and was fully prepared that my experiment might have ended up in a resole but it looks like this worked out just fine.
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30min with out seeping in shoes is considered waterproof. for leather is a double lasing process done by hand which makes like a water proof synthetic sock layer between outer and inner leathers.
just wondering if Viberg does it.
@Geo:
nope
no leather is completely waterproof
good leather, well treated and well looked after can protect your feet from getting soaked up to a point
also joints, stitching etc will all leak to some extent
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ah - see what you're driving at . . . my mistake
thought you meant the material itself (when you quoted Gore-Tex) where waterproof is measured via IUP/7, ASTM D2099, ISO 14268 etc . . . not a construction technique and/or multiple layers to prevent water ingress
in that case - not sure if they do/can - my Vibergs are not built that way
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have you taken your viberg on tramps before? crossing small streams etc
i assume it has a one piece tongue so should still be pretty "water proof"@Geo:
ah - see what you're driving at . . . my mistake
thought you meant the material itself (when you quoted Gore-Tex) where waterproof is measured via IUP/7, ASTM D2099, ISO 14268 etc . . . not a construction technique and/or multiple layers to prevent water ingress
in that case - not sure if they do/can - my Vibergs are not built that way