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Yeah I’ve considered that and this is likely going to sound crazy but they’ll still have the tumble leather feel, even when the tumbled premium stuff their throwing on these 1s doesn’t have the actual tumble pattern (my royals had completely smooth ankles and heels btw) it’s still not the flat full grain, it’s still wears and ages like that super soft stuff and I just can’t get with that... I’ve never said it isn’t nice just not for me on 1s... also when I had the black and reds the heels actually became loose from wear on the red tumbled areas it freaked me out and looked super strange
I know what you're saying man. That's crazy that it got that bad. I hate this tumbled look because it legitimately doesn't age well because it gets super malformed from the softness. JB should of just done full grain and left it at that. I love my metallic, yin yang, Chi's, black toes etc because they have that true to form feel to my 94s and my old 85s. The leather needs to have a firmness too it or it just looks terrible over time. Unlike most people who praise the tumbled parts of the royals and b/reds. I love the black parts and wish the whole shoe felt like that because that's what a real 1 feels like and they break in super well if worm enough. My UNCs and UK's feel amazing because they keep the materials pretty true to form.