rainking
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If you're examining your shoes THAT closely, then God help you.
I totally agree. We are talking here about 100€/$ shoes glued together by machines and underpayed workers. And not about 600€/$ handstiched or goodyearwelted Viberg boots or Santoni wingtips...
@ "rainking's gap." Sounds like an adult film, or the name of a location in a national park or mountain range LOLJust checking here if mines had a quality/QC problem but already have DMs confirming they were stock like this. Restoring/painting shoes being a part of my life you're so kind but I won't need no help from above really, my steady hand and some paint drops will be enough. I consider any paint job like this as botched, by hand, machine or underpaid. I'm alright if you feel comfortable with it, but work is already in progress on mines just because they deserve the upgrade. 100€/$ isn't cheap to everyone so keep that argument to your spoiled self. As a comparison on this picky point 2012s aren't perfect but the line is ok, and on 2007s black line is really crisp and flush on the edges, so they used to do it better.
Edit: reading the page, if you were talking about "rainking's gap" well that is still a flaw if not every shoe have it.
It's not a matter of busting out the magnifying glass, it's that when you've had enough of these pass through your hands over the years, you notice certain things. I always do check shoes for properly glued soles, though. It's a holdover habit from the '90s when the shoes weren't assembled as precisely as today. I had to return tons of Nike hoops shoes back in the day for soles that ripped or peeled off. OG Flight Huarache outsole heels were terrible in that regard.