Viberg Boot Dead Stock Horween Crust Horsebutt leather engineer

MANUFACTURING : • Horween Crust Horsebutt Leather-tough as nails, and as close to raw as leather gets. • 2005 last specifically developed by Viberg for their engineer boots, in use for 40 years. Delivers enough depth in the instep to allow for a pull-on boot. Classic round-toe shape in the forefoot. • Stitchdown construction from the vamp forward-two rows of stitching, the inner row fastening the upper to the midsole; the outer row goes through the upper, midsole, and outsole. Stitched with a vintage Rapid E machine at the Viberg factory in B.C. • Nailed heel • Hardware-solid nickel roller buckles. Boots made from the toughest leather around—horsebutt—a leather that's tough to work with, but even tougher to destroy. Not just any horsebutt, either: "warp shoe" or "crust" horsebutt. This American-made, chrome-tanned leather is left in an unfinished state, undyed, giving it unmatched capacity to develop character and patina. They chose solid nickel roller buckles, in classic Engineer boot style; and a nailed heel, I sized wrong on these beauties. I should sized size 11. I’m trying to reduce my boot collection. These are old stock never worn only conditioned with bic4 They don’t make vibergs like this anymore The last few pictures shows the potential for patina with these great boots