15 years ago Viberg was pretty firmly Canada’s most hardcore logging and industrial boot company. Since Brett Viberg took over the reins of ... Read More...
We're inching towards fall, which means a new Viberg collection in the format that we've come to expect: a series of drops that build out a ... Read More...
Viberg Service Boots: they're good. And quite historic (here's an extremely complete history to justify that statement). And just good!
W... Read More...
Color 8 is perhaps the most famous—and certainly most ubiquitous—shade of Horween's legendary shell cordovan.
Color 8 boxboard shell cord... Read More...
Viberg just released some more 145 Oxfords, and they didn't skimp on the chonk.
About a decade and a half ago, when Viberg's popularity b... Read More...
On top of their yearly in-person sample/archive/etc sale (which for 2023 will actually be taking place at our Boot Camp event in NYC—we'd lo... Read More...
A fresh wave of boots and shoes have been added to Viberg’s seasonal collection, and Drop Two’s new models reiterate many of the same looks ... Read More...
Spring’s around the corner, and Viberg is gearing up.
In the first drop of their Spring/Summer 2023 collection, the Canadian maker is highl... Read More...
Over the past several years, we’ve seen Canadian bootmaker Viberg enlist legendary Chicago tannery Horween to showcase some incredibly intri... Read More...
Viberg’s Autumn/Winter 2022 collection premiered last month, and they’ve just added a second dose of seasonal models to their rainforest-ins... Read More...
What’s an oxford when it’s absolutely, definitely not an oxford…but is still, somehow, called an oxford?
It’s difficult to fathom how on... Read More...
Horween Chromexcel—or CXL, as they call it in the Chicago tannery—has certainly established itself as one of the deservingly premier leather... Read More...
Viberg held their first online Archive Sale last summer when the Covid pandemic was still making it tough to hold in-person events like thei... Read More...
Division Road's Patina Post is back! Oh how we unabashedly love this day. (Here's the proof, with an old article on one)
Here’s a refresh... Read More...
Summer shoes! Those are just...boots, right? Apparently not!
In a Shoecast episode for which we applied 120 SPF sunscreen (to our shoes),... Read More...
Part of what draws so many to Canadian maker Viberg is the limited-edition collaboration makeups they’ve created with all kinds of brands an... Read More...
Seven months. 457 pairs. Made by exactly 100 brands. 271 different leathers. Contestants from 29 countries around the world (shout-out Cypru... Read More...
For the first time in ages (okay more like a year or so), Viberg has added a new chukka boot to its roster. No, it isn’t more of the oft-mal... Read More...
It's back! After an agonizing two-year hiatus, Viberg is reconvening its honestly pretty legendary sample sale in New York City, beginning F... Read More...
Two weeks ago, high-end consignment site Marrkt put about 100 pairs of boots from Viberg on sale. This Wednesday, July 28 (2021), they're re... Read More...
Canadian superbootmaker Viberg's sample sales are legendary—they're as much a gathering of the bootnoscenti as a place to buy excellent boot... Read More...
Outside of their famed sample sale, Viberg has literally never discounted their firsts-quality products. But guess what they just did!
Th... Read More...
What makes a perfect summer shoe? Well for starters you probably want something that’s not incredibly heavyweight. Also flexible? Sounds ver... Read More...
When the news came down semi-recently that Viberg would be sending a large swath of its patterns out to pasture for the time being, there wa... Read More...
We couldn’t be more excited to announce the first-ever Stitchdown-ified boots from Canadian supermaker Viberg, made in collaboration with St... Read More...
Brett Viberg is back once more on the Shoecast, to give us a detailed breakdown of Viberg's coming releases in the second half of 2021—there... Read More...
Wondering what Viberg has coming out in the second half of 2021? Well, wonder no longer! Viberg has been kind enough to offer Stitchdown—and... Read More...
Five years ago, Jason Pecarich took his extensive experience in the menswear industry and opened Division Road Inc. in Seattle: a collaborat... Read More...
Welcome back to another enthralling edition of Shoes ‘n Boots of the Week! Boot weather might be on its way out pretty soon here (hahaha jk ... Read More...
Ahoy! I’m typing this from under a mountain of cardboard boxes—I just moved last week, so big thanks to Ben for covering for me. In this wee... Read More...
No point in not stating the obvious: this week's roundup features a LOT of Viberg Service Boots—some brand new, and three classics back in s... Read More...
That's right, Ticho and I are back to answer listener questions on another absolutely thrilling Shoebag episode.
What's the best way to b... Read More...
A dazzling duo of color 8 shell boots, a smattering of slippers from Viberg, and the chonkiest chonkers you’ve ever seen...there’s a lot to ... Read More...
Welcome back to Shoes ‘n Boots of the Week! Didja miss us?
This week we’re highlighting some new drops from makers such as Parkhurst and ... Read More...
The Pacific Northwest is home to the last remaining epicenter of quality bootmaking in the US (and Canada)—and the stories of how the makers... Read More...
2020: Interesting year! I feel like a few things happened.
And despite all those, um, things, plenty also happened in the quality footwea... Read More...
Viberg's an ever-changing beast—which is exactly what Brett and I talked about on the most recent Shoecast episode. And while the Canadian s... Read More...
It's Brett Viberg time! Few people have exerted as much influence over the quality footwear industry over the past decade as Brett has while... Read More...
SHELL CORDOVAN! That most magical of shoe leathers. King of shine, paragon of durability, bastion of beauty. There really is nothing quite l... Read More...
"How do I get my hands on some Alden rare shell cordovan boots or shoes?" It's one of the questions we get asked the most. So Ben from @stit... Read More...
After a rollicking first season, the Stitchdown Shoecast is BACK for number two. And to make the return even more special, this first episod... Read More...
Big, frightening questions abound in this world of ours. Does free will exist? What happens after we die? Someone just came over; what the h... Read More...
So much good stuff in here this week. I feel like these roundups have become Alden, Viberg, and Grant Stone-heavy recently—but hey, they're ... Read More...
It's time for the Shoebag, in which Ticho and Ben answer ANYTHING listeners want to know about. This week we talk about how to ensure you ge... Read More...
Alden releases sadly took a bit of a layoff due to the pandemic (except for these, of course—sizes still available!). But shops are starting... Read More...
Lockdown has definitely made an impact on new releases (we'll stop staying this eventually), but this week is—without a drip of embellishmen... Read More...
