 G'day, welcome to Buddhist philosophy if you haven't been here before my name is tech and I'm just letting you know that I'm filming on Wajik country, which is where I live and work and I've just been for a run, which is hence my gear And I went to the post office on my way home Picked up this box, which I'll be ready to open now so I'm sitting in my garden bird song in the air and Let's open this box, which as you can see It's from Viberg. So let's have a go Made in Canada. I'm assuming this is a shipping box And inside is the Viberg black box Let's get this out tightly inside Viberg box model sizing etc tissue paper two pairs of laces a very thin I Think this is leather and a round cotton lace a Cleaning cloth a Viberg product care guide and the boots in their boot bags What's this? Another care guide interesting one for each boot I suppose and So let's open this up in the boot bag They come in plastic Thick plastic. This is not only cheap plastic, mind you and Here is the Viberg service boot in the 20 30 last last in oiled husk Colata on a Ridgeway Soul So on first glance The stitching is immaculate Brogue cap toe With really quite immaculate stitching. This is quite a thick Quite stiff leather I'll have to research a little bit into what this leather is quite a thick Ridgeway heel topper with a thinner Leather heel stack This is a stitch down Construction where the upper is flanged out and stitched down double row stitch down and The spacing in that double row is quite incredible It is so well done. I Took a minute just thinking whether I should say that it was stitched down because it looks So blended in there That is almost like a Goodyear welt. I Cannot see anything wrong with that stitching Let's try the other boot and again the first thing that strikes me is this is pretty stiff leather and The sole is pretty stiff. I can't bend it Once again the stitch town stitching is perfection really Very fine double stitching on the back stay Really fine double stitching on the quarters there with a little box detail and Really fine stitching across the toe cap. I believe that's a real toe cap. In other words a piece of leather over leather I really like the Ridgeway sole for feel And for grip and yet from the side Looks fairly sleek. I am already thinking in my mind that The breaking is going to be very interesting with this very thick leather and this Unbendable sole Ungusseted tongue which surprises me a little bit. I thought they'd at least be a semi-gusset up here But we shall see one two three four five six seven eight nine nine busy Brass eyelets. I'm going to put a few shots on foot and See how they feel Okay, so I've shallered and shaved and I'm at work downtown in my office and I'm going to try on These new Vibeau boots. I decided to go with the very skinny Flat wax cotton laces. You know the skinniest flat cotton laces that I've ever seen And Fits in quite well Now where's the end of the lace Here we are Strangely The laces are actually quite short After all my experience with Pacific Northwest Boot laces which are quite long They're quite fiddly to tie and I might actually Decide to Change these to the round Cotton laces that was a bit messy The fit is excellent These are vibergs seven and a half their standard width is an e-width And it's a UK seven and a half sizing system, which means it's equivalent to a US eight and a half Which is my true to size so seven and a half UK is my true to size These by the way are my whites MP boots that I wore to work And I might do a little comparison in a minute, but as for fit 7.5 viberg true to size When I would usually wear eight us, which is a seven UK so I'd recommend going true to size in viberg, but Taking one number down to go down to a UK sizing It's really good Very stiff though Let's take some shots walking Very comfortable indeed They are tight. They're snug. So they're gonna definitely need a little breaking in the soul is Stiff and As you can see the leather itself is quite a stiff leather so They're gonna need breaking in as you saw earlier. I was wearing my whites MP boots To work when I was carrying the viberg 2030 service boots So it hadn't occurred to me and I don't usually do it and unboxing But I thought it might be useful to compare the two. So let me have a look at the two right foot I think apart from the obvious Design differences the round-the-toe last for example of the MP Versus a more almond shaped toe of the 2030 last on the viberg. I think the main difference is that in the whites you can see that a work boot company has decided to make a dressier casual shoe that can still be worn for work as tough as anything they build for work But with a Dressier more casual design so all the elements and the Procedures that they put into building a work boot are in this MP boot So if you take a look at the stitch down for example, it's You know, there is no courtesy drawn towards fashion. These are very big hand stitched stitches The design is is a little Chunky as well Whereas for the viberg you can see a work boot company because the The history of viberg as a work boot maker I think still lives in this but they've decided to go on a much dressier route So that the stitching is much more refined the Construction is still exactly the same as for what they used to produce for their work boots. It's just as heavy There's just as much leather and whatever else is in there that Causes that sturdiness, but quite clearly you have a Decision to go refined Versus a decision to use work boot skills to create a casual boot both are Exceptionally good. I Know that whites MPs are perfect for my feet and these actually feel really good as well So keep tuned. I'll put in a longer term review Or at least an interim review of what I think of these viberg service boots And then I'll do a longer term review a bit later And maybe at some stage I'll do a real head to head comparison of these two service boots I thought you might be interested in taking a look at the Vibeau website because their spring summer 2023 collection has just come up and As you can see, it's it's I think just come on this week And if we take a look at what's available there's a series of I mean, I guess there are slippers and slides and that sort of thing, but I'm really interested in the boots and There's a couple of new Uppers in the service boots in the 2040 Last is the chestnut brown Phoenix and there's the T morrow TPR horse butt There's a 2030 brogue cap toe in a T morrow TPR horse butt and another 20 30 in the chestnut brown Phoenix If you look at their service boot collection You'll see a whole series of articles about their service boots and showcasing their 2030 last for example, and then the 310 last with a chunkier round toe You know with a very pronounced toe spring the 2040 service boot Which is their more vintage version quite similar to the 2030, but it has a wider forefoot little bit more of a toe spring I think and then the 1035 which is the roundest toe of the service boots follows the 2030, but with a rounded toe And they talk about chrome excel and so on so go on and take a look at the viberg website. There are some Delightful mouth watering boots in here. So that's my unboxing of the viberg service boots in the 2030 last in Husk oiled Kulata, and I'll give you a Better longer review of how I feel wearing them in a few weeks And then my longer term review and the details of the boot Until then guys take care Don't forget to click on like and subscribe and I'll see you soon