VIBERG Service Boot 2040 Horween Chromexcel Black Teacore

About this product

All our Viberg Service Boots are on a single E width, we suggest sizing down one full size from your standard sneaker size or brannock measurement.

Viberg's Service Boot is directly based on their original model, first produced in 1931. A similar pattern was also used by multiple nations as a standard issue military boot during WWII, however Viberg's quintessential Service Boot is modeled after the Canadian military's WWII Service Boot pattern.

This is a variation of a custom Viberg Service Boot we ran for our 35th Anniversary, crafted with Horween's Black Teacore Chromexcel, which offers a heavier weight and greater patina potential than most of Horween's Black CXL. Since this is a teacore hide it is still brown on the backside, and that brown interior will show through more and more as these boots see wear. These Black Teacore CXL Service Boots are constructed atop Viberg's 2040 last, so it offers significantly more volume than the 35th Anniversary boots.

Chromexcel is a hot-stuffed combination tanned leather that goes through a lengthy tanning process at Horween's facility in Chicago, where it spends a month traveling from floor to floor, becoming heavily impregnated wiith grease and wax in the process. The end product is a soft, supple, and flexible hide which is packed full of oils, which gives Chromexcel the excellent pullup that it is known for - when the leather is flexed or bent, the oils are displaced and beautiful tonal highs and lows become visible. CXL only gets better with age, and taking care of the leather is as simple as it gets. Frequent brushing will blend scuffs and bring wicked patina, while the inherent oils in the hide keep it from drying out quickly.

Horween Black Teacore Chromexcel (CXL)

2040 last

Unlined upper

Veg tan vamp lining

Gusseted Black CXL tongue

Leather toe puff toe structure

Brogue toe cap

7 AA Gunmetal eyelets

Brown leather midsole