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The iguana print is also not as clear on the fakes and the signature just looks off, like a straight line.
Off-White x Air Jordan Thread - Rest In Peace Virgil Abloh
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Is the signature a reliable part to check? Seems like most real pairs have a worn signatureAs long as the circled portion is mostly free of the haze AND you see the visible ridge line between the midsole and the outsole you’re good. If you’re buying through a platform with authentication you’re good. The Reid aren’t good enough to pass authentication
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Theres 2 batches of fakes i think. 1 has bad print the other has better print but other things are off also
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Generally yes, rep signature tend to be more bold and less faded but it shouldn’t be the only thing you look at.
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Honestly those fake 2s are one of the few shoes I could justify buying and wearing versus buying a retail pair. If they got em looking that close for $1000 less, it’s fair game for me 
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Honestly those fake 2s are one of the few shoes I could justify buying and wearing versus buying a retail pair. If they got em looking that close for $1000 less, it’s fair game for me
Not gonna hate on anyone going that route, people can and should do what they want with their money. Especially since the resell market is so trash. But the last 2 pairs of off white x Jordan shoes I bought (2s and 4s) I had to do a lot of research on because I do 99% of my shopping for those higher priced shoes on ebay so I can work out deals. So to me the fakes stick out like sore thumbs now. I don’t think I could wear fakes of either knowing that I could point the flaws out. That said I know the vast majority of people probably wouldn’t even know the difference. That’s just me though.
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So it seems like on the left shoe I’m looking out for the cloudy or fuzzy midsole.. But what about the right shoe ??since its midsole is different
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Same advice for the other shoe. The midsole is supposed to look like it’s cracking. The reps are Terrible at recreating the effect. Since the cracking in the left shoe is smaller in general in terms of real estate I wouldn’t even look at it though because the right shoe is where the major tell is. If you don’t have a big open window Into the midsole because the TPU hazes over the resin you’re looking at a fake.
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Thanks man. Stockx has the cheapest prices for these but also the highest risks for fakes, so they say.Same advice for the other shoe. The midsole is supposed to look like it’s cracking. The reps are Terrible at recreating the effect. Since the cracking in the left shoe is smaller in general in terms of real estate I wouldn’t even look at it though because the right shoe is where the major tell is. If you don’t have a big open window Into the midsole because the TPU hazes over the resin you’re looking at a fake.
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I’d be willing to bet you’ll be fine. The reps of these aren’t as good as other reps people struggle with.
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youre good bro, that big open window on the right shoe with the defined outsole/midsole ridge tells it allFrench, you got me in panic mode! Here are mine. Definitely in my top 4 shoes I own but my right shoe looks nothing like what I am seeing.
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There's only 2 factories in all of China making reps? I mean I'd imagine an infinite amount of them with some being the type you'd have to pay for your own run like Nike does, not that that I'd heard there's anything like that 
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nah, theres only 2 factory making "market" level batches. everything else is dog sh*t sweatshop stuff that clearly looks like trash. most of which are domestic china use only.
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That you know of or period?
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period. there are other batches and other factories but they arent market level. theyre the kind of reps you sold at flea markets and wouldnt need a legit check for becuase they look terrible.
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Met a dude this weekend that showed me some ****. Dude on some Frank Lucas ****
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Met a dude this weekend that showed me some ****. Dude on some Frank Lucas ****
were they garbage or good??
the whole replica/real vs fake thing is so nuanced sometimes its not even worth digging into it lol
reps as a whole have gotten so good that most folks wouldnt be able to tell the difference but even a lot of the best ones still have "obvious" tells. i put obvious in quotes because its only obvious if you know what to look for.
and then theres still reps that are the same pile of trash that we remember from the 2000s lol and folks will sell them like the uppers wont tear apart if you walk to fast lol
i will say that there are only a handful of reps that that didnt stick out immediately once put next to a real pair. very few.
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Thanks FB. Threw on my black OW2s after reading this. Under appreciated pair imo.
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The pair he had on was good and his sales history was surprising. It was an afterhours spot so I took everything with a grain of salt but allegedly his brother is a pro ball player over there.
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im always skeptical when theres a "story" behind it lol
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The blacks are so nice I have 3 pairs
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In the context he was talking an explanation was expected.
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Dang
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So Damn Close! 
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