By PerHansa • April 5, 2025"Viberg’s craftsmanship is usually second to none (or very few). With these there was a bit of loose grain on the right vamp straight out of the box, which surprised me with a cordovan leather (see month-1 pics). I know Viberg typically takes great care in avoiding that so it was a bit of a surprise. I’m not one to fuss though, and I knew I’d be wearing these hard, so I overlooked it. Also, after sitting in the box a few months they developed a greyish, chalky film around the entire boot, almost like the fat drained from your cooked ground beef solidifies after awhile. Initially I was pissed and tried calling them, but after setting them in the sun for a while I noticed it started to disappear. I used a hairdryer to warm them up all the way, gave them a good brushing, and it never re-appeared after wearing them regularly. Still not sure about the science behind that, but maybe give the buyer a heads up next time. The eyelets tore the heck out of the laces. I love the look of the 9 eyelet boots, but I’ve probably replaced laces 4-5 times already! Not sure if there’s a burr on one of them, or if this is just normal for small diameter boot laces. As far as stitching, etc, everything was on point...."Read the full review