What makes this boot worth $2000? 

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I think what will take this channel and the quality of your videos to the next level is not worrying about getting “too nerdy” and half apologizing to the audience. There are so many channels out there that go SO much more micro in the details: James Hoffman on coffee and how you can make your own water to affect the taste, watchmaking channels where millions will happily watch the guy scrape away a spec of dirt for ten minutes. Don’t worry about it, dive in and share your passion freely

I could never justify anything anywhere near this price range but I'll watch the crap out of this video, thanks for making it.

Those are incredible. Please do a followup letting us know how the break-in goes.

26:06 Keep making whatever you like man! I know you're running a business and you get some income from these videos, but in the long run, as a 'customer' what always keeps me coming back is people keeping it real and staying true to themselves without shilling out. Over the years I've unsubscribed and lost interest in loads of good channels and magazines and whatnot because everything they made turned into over-the-top ridiculous clickbait. Now arguably, the title of this video is pretty clickbaity too, but the content is great. I'd say if you want to hold on to your audience in the long run, authenticity is key. Love these more rambly, long, and random videos. Your genuine enthusiasm and interest is palpable and comes across well. If you'd turn everything into this dull, 100% automated, algorithm-pleasing BS you would totally lose the spark of the channel, as has happened to many, many others. This channel is the main reason I've gotten really interested in the quality of my own footwear. It's taught me what to look for, and what kinds of things to avoid. So many of my shoes used to break within months, now everything I wear pretty much lasts me years and years. (With the exception of the odd pair of sneakers, perhaps.) Just keep doin' what you're doin'.

I visited Vancouver Island a bunch of years ago and a friend there kept talking about his job at this boot factory. When I got home I finally looked them up and was kinda shocked by the prices, but it was honestly the first boot company I'd ever heard of that wasn't Timberland or Doc Marten so just figured that's how things went. As the years went on and I've learned more and more, I'm realizing how truly special Viberg are and have been waiting for them to show up on this channel

Those are some good looking boots. From my experience with engineer boots they should fit you basically like a western boot when adjusted but without any heel slippage when tighten. If they are that loose on you currently I doubt they will be much better once broken in. You might have to look into getting a custom pair made for you with your full ankle & calf measurements similar to how nick's does tall lineman boots.

Love the story behind the decision to purchase this pair. Always great when there’s something a meaningful behind your boots

Definitely a beautiful boot but for that price you can get a similarly built (Dr. Sole, Horsebutt) John Lofgren or Brass Tokyo engineer. Personally the shaft on those is too wide and short and wouldn’t wear right under jeans. I prefer my Wesco Mr. Lou’s but hey I’m glad stuff like this exists out there and people enjoy it!

So happy for you dude you deserve it! Been watching since the Carhartt video thanks for always letting us know it’s what’s on the inside that counts

Enjoy the fruits of your labor. I have a boot collection my wife bought me a rack for because I enjoyed your videos so much that I started collecting boots. For the boot nerds like me and the sneaker heads you’re making happy, too, please know that we really appreciate the Rose Anvil channels here on RU-vid. Keep up the great work.

Keep rambling man, this is so awesome to hear you talk about boots, skin quality, way of how it's built and all those stuff. I must admit I've got this thing on boots because of you :D Some time back when I was searching for some sort of boot review I bumped on your channel, and that's how I got into boots that are properly built. So keep up the good work, both channels are great!

You deserve it! You brought a new type of interesting content to RU-vid and we love it!

Love the videos where you just go in to your own world and chat about what you love. These type of boots are a pipe dream for me but still like seeing them and leaning the story behind them

Really enjoy, the free flowing style of the video. Takes me back to the beginning videos with the classic Weston comments and facial expressions. PS you were the final inspiration for my nicks builder pros! They are awesome!

I loved hearing your comments about the try on. I feel like you echoed a lot of my issues I’ve had with my White’s in the ankle area, even with boots that were sized properly to my foot length (and in narrow width). I punched a couple new holes in my ankle strap and wore them for a while and the heel slip has definitely gone down, but it’s still there. But hopefully with more wear the soles will curl up and reduce the heel slip.

Love the longer format! Keep em coming! *subscribed! 💪💪

This was dope, I appreciate these type of videos. Also appreciate the customization of your the strap, like you said, style is about what works for you.

absolutely stunning boots. And i think it is awesome you treated yourself!

Wait, what? Cordovan is 10X more expensive, but it’s not as strong? So using cordovan as a hiking boot or motorcycle boot would never happen? Damn, but they look so nice. They seem worth $2000. And I’m so thankful you didn’t cut them in half. I would have cried.

I love this channel. You have such a great and calm voice. Very informative. I have learned so much about boots. I hate that you cut up the WWII boots, but interesting to understand how well they were made.

Good video I really enjoyed hearing all the details about the shoes and the leather. Keep the long format videos going.

Really enjoyed the long video format and just chilling hearing you talk about your new boots.

Great video. Enjoyed it!!

Awesome Boots. Awesome. "i'm shaking from the caffine".... HILARIOUS!

Those are beautiful boots. So many great functional and classic design features. Congrats on your success - and enjoy! I vote for heritage boot videos!

Those are amazing, congrats on the boots!! Also, hell yea, Coheed!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

Saw Coheed a couple of months ago, great show! Good taste in Boots and music my man.

I really appreciate the passion. It's very refreshing. A saying I use pretty frequently is "a little bit of craftsmanship goes a long way"

Thanks for talking about the fit

Loved this video, talking about stuff without a set format was nice

I just found this channel about an hour ago, and while quickly falling for Weston, I then clicked to watch this vid b/c it's exactly the form for which I've been looking, and I see Weston wearing a Coheed and Cambria shirt...OMG! I'm in love!

Bro, great job 🙌🏽💯🍻 Was super stoked to see your new channel. I think having a second channel where you can be more chill and need out hard without the pressures of the algorithm is fabulous (though I do applaud and congratulate you for the 600k subscribers on the first channel- that’s a massive accomplishment and blessing, and I’m super super happy for man! 🍻). I thoroughly enjoyed this from beginning to end! I learned something when you were talking about the dye color on the backsides of the shell. And yeah, 2005 last isn’t great for skinny feet like yours and mine 😅 Glad you weren’t afraid to punch holes in the straps. That’s the way to go. I’ve done that to my engineers, and it makes a huge difference. Could probably add one more hole on yours honestly….Would have been nice to see more closeups of the stitchdown stitch rows (and the beautiful shell itself I suppose). The fact that Viberg does these as stitchdown is a huge deal. Most makers (including me, if I were a maker) would welt shell, cuz it’s so valuable; wouldn’t wanna risk any issues in manufacturing. Most makers don’t have the guts to do that, and I don’t blame them (which is why these cost $2000). One bad slip while doing the Stitchdown, and a an entire shell vamp is ruined (like you mentioned about the lasting process). Viberg has some dumb quirks sometimes, but I keep coming back cuz Brett has the balls to try cool stuff like this😂 He’s a true restless creative with some backbone, and my appreciation and admiration for that runs deep…..Lastly, massive bonus for putting your feet on the table 😂😂😂 Freaking hilarious and awesome, dude 😄🤘🏽Enjoy these gorgeous boots!! Do an update sometime on the aging and ultimate sizing conclusion 🙏🏽🍻

The shape of that Boot is absolutely amazing just looks so comfortable

Congrats man! We all feel your true passion for these shoes/boots. It’s important to treat yourself every once in awhile. God speed.

ABSOLUTE CLASSIC ALMOST TO BEAUTIFUL TO PUT ON.

Good on you, brother. Shell engineers are the grail of all grails. I've got a pair of John Lofgren engineers in natural CXL and they definitely felt very roomy with a lot of heel slip when I first got them, so I cinched them down to the tightest hole on the strap and they still felt kind of loose. After breaking them in and wearing them for a couple of years and upgrading to some nice thick boot socks they fit great on the second-to-last hole. Engineers definitely fit different from lace-up boots but once you have it dialed in nothing beats having an ultra-comfortable boot that takes all of about 10 seconds to put on and take off. Plus I feel like a badass pirate cowboy even when my jeans cover everything from the buckle up.

Great boots! Thanks for sharing.

Yesss, Coheed & Cambria!! Great content, thanks!

Love the long format ramble!

After several wears, it will wrap around your foot. Just take time. I don't have cordovan engineers but I do have Horween natural cxl, and maryam tea core black horsehide. Just takes some wearing, don't fret

Congratulations! Engineer boots are great, you have to get use to them and yeah, they are slip on loose. I live in a cold area and can wear them with wool socks. The stitching looks amazing. Hot dude into great shoes!

I didn't know you had a second channel untill now. Great video, i learned a lot. Thank you for doing it!

Love the longer form videos on this channel! I live in Victoria, BC and have a clear line of sight to the Viberg store front from the bus stop on my daily commute to university. True torture

I like the Vlog format, and Engineer boots are just next level when it comes to style. Maybe add some sculpting padding in the medial and lateral ankle as well as the achilles to improve lockdown?

"this is really nerdy, you probably don't care" me switching from background listen to intense attention

I definitely like the idea of this channel being about your personal taste and the long format is great. Perhaps once you have a catalog of videos here you can make a trailer for the main channel to send traffic here?

beautiful boots and i'm dying for more viberg content from you

I'd personally like more unboxing from you. Breaking down the little things added in and the packaging as well as the boots themselves was kinda nice. It was also nice to see you actually excited to be opening up your own boots for a change

Side note. I’ve dealt with Horweens direct to consumer retail outlet(tannery row) and they always have treated me like a valued customer. Even if I’m looking for one Piece of Shell. They are the best imo.

Had a pair of White’s X Stitchdown collab boots in natural horsehide that I waited 7 months for to end up being too small. It’s sad times lol

Wow. Those are gorgeous. I remember in the early 70's, (when I was a kid), when engineer boots were popular. As a teen in the early 80's, I just never saw them again. They kind of disappeared, and I thought of them...as kind of antiquated. An old boot style, so to speak. Today...at 55 years old...I would totally wear those. The style brings back nostalgia. Yeah...those are amazing boots. I could never afford $2000 boots...but I could afford a $500 or $600 engineer boots. I need to go ahead and pull the trigger on a nice pair. Of course...they won't be shell cordovan...but still...that engineer style...is a stunning look. I love the buckles. I also felt the same way about "harness" boots back in the day. They were popular in the 70's, and at one time, I felt that they too, were an antiquated style. Now...I would totally rock them. Even Chelsea boots have made a resurgence. I have a nice pair of chocolate suede Chelsea's, and I think they are just fantastic. The old boot styles...are back in style, and I can see why. They are just classic and beautiful. I need all three. Engineer, Harness, and Chelsea. (But I will never go as far as "Earth Shoes"...lol). Those were terrible looking. Lol. Love your new channel. Looking forward to your new platform/content. You get a "like", and another subscriber.

more on lasts , ive found it to be so important . ive got an odd shape foot and its led me down a path that brought me here .Its very easy to become a cordovan addict . those may be the coolest pair of boots ive ever seen !

Awesome channel, awesome boots and awesome that you have a tactile brand knife

I have a few horween shell cordovan watch straps, some of them 80 years old or more and they are so soft yet so strong it's amazing.

At first I was expecting you were going to cut them in half, and was a bit anxious about your doing that, so I’m glad you are enjoying BOTH of those beauties. Wear them in good health!

Props for the Coheed and Cambria t-shirt. Was this video supposed to go on the second channel? Seems like a ton of work for this video to get out to the hardcore audience only.

The Viberg unboxing experience is amazing. I feel like you kind of missed out on it because everything fell out. It is honestly akin to opening a new MacBook - only better because of the smell… Those boots are gorgeous. Congrats. Glad you decided to treat yourself, and enjoyed getting to watch you nerd out over them. Like others have said, stop apologizing! We’re here because we enjoy it. Great content as always.

I like when a company adds things like that with their products because they care. You can tell when it's just done to add a premium appearance to junk. It doesn't always have to be with premium high end products either, it can be as simple as the family message included with Buck knives.

I love these boots, love my viberg boots just don’t own a pair of engineer boots but winter is coming up and may get myself a pair after watching this video

Nice Coheed shirt and I love your channels!

These are some sweet boots. ..Congratulations!!

Thumb's up for Coheed and Cambria t-shirt! Awesome band. Boots are excellent too.

Love the shirt! Great band!

Those boots are absolutely incredible.

You deserve it, Wes! Well on the road to ONE MILLION SUBS on the main channel!!

Loving the new channel, Weston! Keep up the good work dear friend 👍 💪

These are super cool and look beautiful. After seeing Carl Murawsaki's John Lofgren Engineer boots it was cool to see another best of the best style boot. Personally id be more on the side of the Nicks Tanker boots because i wouldnt want to have to feel like i need to be careful with them. For the second channel you could do some follow up style content too. Run some B Roll of your personal moc toes worn in or revisit old boots that might be worth looking at again.

Great Video, Thank You

really liked this video man

Those are beautiful!!

Congratulations! Those boots are amazing!

Just bought a half belt Horween Cordovan jacket from our friends in Scotland. It is more burgundy then expected but after you video, I’ll all in with this jacket….like the long form video

Beautiful well worth every cent

Rose Anvil "I don't really buy nice boots for myself" "I really watch what I spend". Also Rose Anvil, wearing $700 Whites boots while saying that... 😂😂

I love this style of video I would love longer videos of you expression your love for things

Hey mate, I like the style and info on those boots. Also the style of the video 👌

Beautiful boots. They will last a lifetime with you. When I wore my RM William boots all day on hard concrete and asphalt, I put heavy duty insoles in and it made all the difference to foot comfort.

Thank you for creating this second channel. Really appreciate all your content. Try to promote this channel a bit more, you have a lot of loyal subscribers who will come over in a heartbeat

Wow those are works of art.

I care about that extra stuff they put into the packaging I wish you would include it in all your videos so I wouldn’t feel the need to buy it myself 😭. Great video. Really looking forward to the white’s review because the handwelt construction really interests me. Can’t wait to see it

Nice rambling video. Your passion for the subject flows naturally. Enjoyable viewing. Those did look pretty big, hope you managed to sort them somehow.

These are some of the best looking boots I’ve ever seen

Awesome looking boots! I love the 8” engineer style. Can you update us on the break in and how they patina.

Love how you're geeking out about the boots

The Color 8 shell is so beautiful and it really suits those boots

Those Whites look incredible man

That Coheed and Cambria tee is dope.

We’re all boot nerds that’s why we’re here! Congrats and keep it up!

I was waiting for a viberg video!

These boots are honestly way better than many sneakers that are over $1000 in resell, the quality, the craftsmanship, the details and the fact that you can resole and have them for years even decades with proper care is well worth the initial price, sneakers that are not worth it are a waste of time and money, these alongside quality clothes last longer than cheap boots and clothes and are better for the environment and your Waller in the long run Also you deserve to treat yourself, take care of your feet and you’ll be better than most guys who didn’t care for their footwear and will have aches and pains and eventually surgery in their later years

Been watching from the beginning, Still love the channel

you do you! thanks for this dive into shell cordovan leather…but $$$$! have watched the Chisos boots video 3x…counting pennies to get to them…will have to put my heel shifter back on the Road King! y’all ramble all you want, good entertainment 😎

bought some vierg boots in 2016, just the standard service boot (around $800). i wore them through multiple muddy and snowy winters in switzerland. wore them probably a solid 4 years worth of daily use, had them resoled only once and they look even better than new honestly. i cant see myself ever buying from another brand again unless i need something cheap for really rough work.

I think they look really good with the jeans pulled down over the boot shaft! They also look good with the bottom of the jeans slightly rolled up and pulled over the boot shaft. Makes a nice silhouette. That’s my two cents.

Woah I don’t even think Viberg makes engineers anymore. Great review

Nice boots and Coheed shirt! Have you read The Amory Wars? It gives context to their albums. Literally the icing on the cake for their music

I know I ALWAYS say it but I LOVE THIS CHANNEL & your others as well !!! I'll prob never have 2000 to drop on boots wesco Mr Louis are prob my limit but have always wondered how Viberg's could be worth 2g's and because of you I know way more than I did and see it now !! There just ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY BEAUTIFUL BOOTS !!!! OH & nice shirt !!!! Huge huge Coheed fan here !!!!

I was more impressed when you mentioned a few videos back that you still wear your Chippewa boots to go hiking 🥾

Looking sharp with those boots on, Weston 🤙🤙