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I saw the page count go up and thought some kinda surprise drop happened again only to see people arguing over materials and going at Aqua's throat. I'll chime in anyway though, because SNKRS as well as other shoe blogs or whatever often tend to label any non leather/satin, black based Jordan as nubuck if it's not suede. However we all know the dead horse story about Durabuck being a synthetic leather, the United States Shoe Corporation no longer producing Durabuck after '98 due to running out of business or not renewing the patent or something, and Nike creating their own version to use from '99 onward.
And we all know nubuck is basically a shorter haired suede and you can see the nap change directions as you brush it just like suede. Overall it's soft to the touch and much closer to suede in regards to feel and look than Nikebuck is.
However, on the offical air jordan blog linked on Nike.com, it describes durabuck as being a "nubuck-style performance material" which can mean it was styled/crafted in a process similar to making nubuck, it was deliberately made to look similar to nubuck, or it was styled to be lightweight and durable like nubuck. I'm not saying I'm right but I feel like it's really splitting hairs when it comes to deciding on what the upper of these are. I'm sticking with my belief that these use Nike's self made Durabuck just like the recent BM5, Aqua 8, and Bordeaux 7, however at the end of the day call the material what you want it doesn't really matter as I just wanted to add my 2 cents. I'm ready for the 16th to get here already so I can get my two pairs.
And we all know nubuck is basically a shorter haired suede and you can see the nap change directions as you brush it just like suede. Overall it's soft to the touch and much closer to suede in regards to feel and look than Nikebuck is.
However, on the offical air jordan blog linked on Nike.com, it describes durabuck as being a "nubuck-style performance material" which can mean it was styled/crafted in a process similar to making nubuck, it was deliberately made to look similar to nubuck, or it was styled to be lightweight and durable like nubuck. I'm not saying I'm right but I feel like it's really splitting hairs when it comes to deciding on what the upper of these are. I'm sticking with my belief that these use Nike's self made Durabuck just like the recent BM5, Aqua 8, and Bordeaux 7, however at the end of the day call the material what you want it doesn't really matter as I just wanted to add my 2 cents. I'm ready for the 16th to get here already so I can get my two pairs.