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Been meaning to do this for a while now, looks good.
The Official Kobe X iD thread
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Been meaning to do this for a while now, looks good.
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got mine in yesterday. really happy with how they turned out
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For those that received their grinches with the volt tongues is there some faint red in the shozoku or on the tongue? Received my pair today and it has a faint red on the tongue in the shozoku. I checked the pics here and it kind of looks like it too. Just wondering what others see?
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I've seen it on some pairs, hoping my pair coming in won't have that defect. If it does, I'm complaining to Nike!
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Mine has the red thing on the logo too
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Certified!!! Great Job
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Both my EM grinch and flyknit grinch had that same red hue where the shozoku symbol was lasered in. I know what you mean.
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@Kobe 9 Detail Great job man
- Jul 31, 2012
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Had these made up in my cart so many times but just couldn't pull the trigger at that price point. The in hand pics last week almost made me break. Looks great fellas!
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Just a quick lace swap...
GITD laces, swoosh and speckles
GITD laces, swoosh and speckles
- Oct 19, 2014
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Thanks guys
It's very easy with patience
!!!Next step Paint my shozoku Rivalry in black as swoosh and my Grinch in red or black i don't know again
!!!On Draft Pick it's ok with logo Obama
On Shark Jaw it's ok with white
On Mambacurial it's ok with grey
On Christmas it's ok in gold
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too much going on imo
those off-center toe caps would annoy the **** out of me
- May 30, 2013
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This is by far my wildest pair of Xs. I have plenty of other "normal" sneakers.
It bothered me too until I wore them...you can't even tell when they are on feet. From the wearers perspective or viewers.
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Nice work! Nike should of gave us this option.
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I prefer my flyknit not to be symmetrical in color pattern.
- Oct 3, 2012
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a little bit, i noticed it yesterday
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I apologize for the long read, but these IDs mean a lot, and have a backstory.
Backstory. I lost my dog on December 4th. She had congenital kidney disease. Everyone was unaware of until she was sick, and once she got sick, she was too far gone. She was born with it, and it was a ticking time bomb, that eventually would kill her. Vet basically said he couldn't do anything for her. He even said, they wouldn't have noticed or run tests unless she was showing symptoms, and tests would have indicated her kidneys were functioning normally until she had lost over 75% of her kidney use already. His prognosis for the treatment she would have gotten was almost 0%. And even if by some miracle, she survived, we'd need to treat her again and there's no telling whether it would be weeks, months or years. But likely the former.
My girlfriend and I brought her to the vet that day because we knew something was wrong, and a check up. But we were not expecting the Vet to say, you need to put her down tonight. We couldn't do that, we just couldn't. My girl's mom had a close attachment to the dog, so we couldn't let her go without her mom saying goodbye. Or her pups seeing her 1 more time. Or my folks or my parents dog.
The vet was very skeptical and said she would not survive the night, and could start having seizures. If that happened, we'd take her to the emergency vet that night and put her down, but we couldn't let her go without getting a proper goodbye first.
So we took her home. To the vet's surprise, she made it through the night. She slept in the bed with my girl and I. She had no complications, she fought.
We bring her back to the vet the next day, and asked to run all the tests again, and be sure. Same prognosis. My girl and I spent the next 2 hours with Mercedes trying to comfort her, and trying to say goodbye.
It's really been the hardest loss I've dealt with since my grandfather as a teenager. I've taken it really hard. There was something great about her. She was always sweet to everyone, she never really got into trouble, she followed me everywhere, she was very affectionate. It's been killing me inside asking "what if" and blaming myself.
So when I saw the Multi-Colors one night, I was inspired. The colors reminded me of her personality.
This is Mercedes
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Here's the shoe.
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As I said the flynit was just me randomly seeing them, and being reminded of her personality.
The radiant emerald swoosh and sport fuchsia tongue and lining was inspired by a sweater my girl bought for her. The sweater is more of a purple fuchsia, but I didn't want to go all purple on the shoe, also my girl has a picture of her somewhere where her first collar is more of a pink color.
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The purple is for a blanket Mercedes had a weird obsession with. And the Gum Med Brown represent a few things, it was the closest I could get to her fur color, and she had brown eyes.
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The black laces with the silver-ish accent represent her collar. May buy new laces where the accent is much clearer.
And finally because you can't put Mercedes, I put 2 different nicknames she had... Saders and Puppet.
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Backstory. I lost my dog on December 4th. She had congenital kidney disease. Everyone was unaware of until she was sick, and once she got sick, she was too far gone. She was born with it, and it was a ticking time bomb, that eventually would kill her. Vet basically said he couldn't do anything for her. He even said, they wouldn't have noticed or run tests unless she was showing symptoms, and tests would have indicated her kidneys were functioning normally until she had lost over 75% of her kidney use already. His prognosis for the treatment she would have gotten was almost 0%. And even if by some miracle, she survived, we'd need to treat her again and there's no telling whether it would be weeks, months or years. But likely the former.
My girlfriend and I brought her to the vet that day because we knew something was wrong, and a check up. But we were not expecting the Vet to say, you need to put her down tonight. We couldn't do that, we just couldn't. My girl's mom had a close attachment to the dog, so we couldn't let her go without her mom saying goodbye. Or her pups seeing her 1 more time. Or my folks or my parents dog.
The vet was very skeptical and said she would not survive the night, and could start having seizures. If that happened, we'd take her to the emergency vet that night and put her down, but we couldn't let her go without getting a proper goodbye first.
So we took her home. To the vet's surprise, she made it through the night. She slept in the bed with my girl and I. She had no complications, she fought.
We bring her back to the vet the next day, and asked to run all the tests again, and be sure. Same prognosis. My girl and I spent the next 2 hours with Mercedes trying to comfort her, and trying to say goodbye.
It's really been the hardest loss I've dealt with since my grandfather as a teenager. I've taken it really hard. There was something great about her. She was always sweet to everyone, she never really got into trouble, she followed me everywhere, she was very affectionate. It's been killing me inside asking "what if" and blaming myself.
So when I saw the Multi-Colors one night, I was inspired. The colors reminded me of her personality.
This is Mercedes
View media item 1867778 View media item 1867799
Here's the shoe.
View media item 1867780View media item 1867781View media item 1867782
As I said the flynit was just me randomly seeing them, and being reminded of her personality.
The radiant emerald swoosh and sport fuchsia tongue and lining was inspired by a sweater my girl bought for her. The sweater is more of a purple fuchsia, but I didn't want to go all purple on the shoe, also my girl has a picture of her somewhere where her first collar is more of a pink color.
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View media item 1867790View media item 1867791
The purple is for a blanket Mercedes had a weird obsession with. And the Gum Med Brown represent a few things, it was the closest I could get to her fur color, and she had brown eyes.
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View media item 1867793View media item 1867794
The black laces with the silver-ish accent represent her collar. May buy new laces where the accent is much clearer.
And finally because you can't put Mercedes, I put 2 different nicknames she had... Saders and Puppet.
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- Feb 11, 2013
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Grabbed some volt laces from the Nike Outlet.
Not as good as the regular volt laces, but they will do
Not as good as the regular volt laces, but they will do
- Feb 11, 2013
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Losing a pet is tough.. Sorry you had to go thru that.
Great inspiration for your iDs!!!
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Great story fam. I like your keeping Mercedes in your memory
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Great tribute iD @Essential1
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Good stuff @Essential1. I've had pets my whole life and they are another family member so losing them is just as hard. Cool way to remember her!
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essential1
Thanks for sharing. Man, my eyes watered up reading that. I'm very sorry for your loss. A pet is family too. Great inspiration for your ID. Sometimes the physical is gone, but you'll never let her truly die within your heart and mind.
