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What Sets Viking Boots Apart from Other Material
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We focus on safety—not as a guide—but as a philosophy, making sure Injection molded or handmade, rubber boots offer the highest level of
every boot we produce exceeds the standards and embraces comfort and abrasion, tear, and puncture resistance. Injected rubber boots can only offer
wellness for the wearer. limited safety features, being a steel toe cap and plate, with Electric Shock
We have developed unique last designs that allow us to produce boots that Resistance, whereas a handmade rubber boot can incorporate shin and
fit like a shoe, our “Snug Fit”. We work with miners, foresters and firemen to metatarsal protection, chainsaw and circular saw protection, thermal heat
understand their comfort issues, and introduced technologies in air and and Hydro Carbon Flash fire protection, and one of the highest level of
moisture control to help improve the wellness of those using our boots, and chemical resistance—safety features that provide workers with the highest
ergonomic insoles to enhance the comfort of the fit. level of safety assurance. With slip resistance the hot topic in safety today,
rubber offers the highest level of slip resistance.
Snug Fit
Traditional “gum” boots, and injection molded
boots are produced on a straight, widening shaft
last, so as to make them strippable from the last.
The result is a loose fit with little ankle and arch support, causing increased
fatigue and an overall sloppy feel. Viking developed new, innovative, multi
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piece lasts, allowing us to taper the ankle area of the shaft to create a form
fitting and supportive boot that can be easily removed from the last. We
developed a new insole system with an ergonomic design to support the
arch and improve the stability of the fit—the resulting “Snug Fit” design
boots. Slip-on boots that feel like they are laced on; superior ankle/heel
support to reduce incidences of ankle roll-over; superior arch support to PU (Polyurethane)
reduce fatigue, finally a gum boot that moves with you, as part of you. Only produced through injection molding, polyurethane boots are generally
Now available in all Viking light Chainsaw boots (VW58-1, VW59-1), Viking ® soft and comfortable. Incorporating steel toe caps and plates, PU boots can
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Mining Boots (VW42), Viking Ultimate Construction Boots (VW88), Viking also achieve Electric Shock Resistance. PU has good resistance to animal
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Firewall FR Boots (VFW 60-1), Viking Non-Safety Boots (VW22, VW23, oils and fats, manure, and light solvents. It is typically used in specific
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VW29), VikingHandyman Boots (VW3, VW 3-1) and VikingFirefighter Boots industries (agriculture, food processing). PU offers a good level of slip
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(VW90, VW91). resistance.
Air, Moisture Control (AMC) Injection Molded or Hand Made Industrial
Viking developed two socks to increase the Safety Rubber Boots?
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wellness of the user of rubber boots.
100% Waterproof Safety boots can be produced in two methods, by
VF22 injection molding PU, PVC or TPR into a molded former, or by hand lasting
The first is a dual layer thermal, acrylic/cotton, construction sockette that layers of rubber. Injection molding is considerably more economical, but
provides ventilation while wicking perspiration away from your feet. An lacks the diversity in safety features a handmade boot can achieve.
external cotton layer to absorb and evaporate moisture. Acrylic fleece inside Handmade boots can use blended rubbers to achieve unique chemical,
layer insulates while drawing perspiration from your feet to the cotton and abrasion resistances. Handmade boots can include metatarsal protec-
exterior. tion, as well as chainsaw and fire protection that injection boots cannot.

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The second was in response to abrasion and chaffing on the calve, due to
perspiration buildup within the boot in more temperate environments We focus on safety—not as a guide
(underground mining); we developed a triple layer Neoprene sock/bootie
that transfers perspiration away from the calve, and through the top of the —but as a philosophy, making sure
boot significantly reducing chaffing and abrasion.
every boot we produce exceeds the
standards and embraces comfort and
wellness for the wearer.

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