The Official OG Jordan Thread (No Retros) (Restoration, Pick Ups, Discussion)

[mj all day45]

There is a growing niche in the sneaker community for those who collect, wear, and restore Original Air Jordans. It's on IG, Twitter, Facebook, yet my home site doesn't have one so I decided to make one. Hopefully people will come to discuss and share stories and restoration tips in here. I hope some of the OGs of Niketalk are still here and will contribute. Feel free to post some of what you have already. Really don't want this to turn into a "collection post" type thing so we will start slow.

1985 Air Jordan 1s

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[AIR J XIII]

 

[rcjbbp1313]

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[mj all day45]

How much did you pay? Welcome to the squad.

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[bigbzzang]

A few of my wears from the last months. I have been trying to wear some of my older shoes. Nice OG black and red XIs! I need to reglue two of my pairs. I do not want to unds another back up just yet. I need to find the right glue. Thinking about barge cement. Never tried regluing. I have been putting it off for to long.
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[mj all day45]

Barges Cement Glue is the glue of choice for shoes. Hopefully you have a lot of rubber bands or a clamp to keep them together.

 

[mj all day45]

A few of my wears from the last months. I have been trying to wear some of my older shoes. Nice OG black and red XIs! I need to reglue two of my pairs. I do not want to unds another back up just yet. I need to find the right glue. Thinking about barge cement. Never tried regluing. I have been putting it off for to long.
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Nice btw. I just got OG Olympics for 75 bucks last week.

Here's a few more of my OGs:

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[dunksrnice]

Great thread.
Here's a recent photo from DXCSF when I displayed majority of my og jordans. OG I, III - XVI's. I'm only missing og II's which is very hard and rare to find but i'll eventually get a pair. I will post each one individually. 

 

[mj all day45]

Great thread.

Here's a recent photo from DXCSF when I displayed majority of my og jordans. OG I, III - XVI's. I'm only missing og II's which is very hard and rare to find but i'll eventually get a pair. I will post each one individually. 

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where did you get those cages? I got a collection table coming up for a few sneaker shows soon.

 

[dunksrnice]

I got them from Target which contains 6 for $23.99. Use to be 16.99.

Here's my latest og pick up, 1990 Grape V's.

 

[saiyan xtreme]

I was picking up a lot of OGs cheap back in 05 before the whole restoration thing was limited to about 4-5 guys. I wish I knew the techniques back then, that I know now. I wouldn't have sold of some of them.

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The one thing I miss a lot about my OGs, were the insoles. They're so much thicker and comfier than any of the retros put out today.

 

[bballermarkie]

I'm really interested in picking up some OG B/Red jordan ones and Royals so I can continue to complete the set of black heel B/Reds and Royals.

Just gotta bite the bullet.

OG Navies are incredible as well

Great thread

 

[mj all day45]

I got them from Target which contains 6 for $23.99. Use to be 16.99.


Here's my latest og pick up, 1990 Grape V's.
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I missed out on a swapped pair for 320 last week. They was a size 8...so it was probably for the best. How did you pay?

 

[victortheguru]

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3 more to go. I will complete the 1992 set soon

 

[sthompso78]

Anyone know what these Jordan 4's are worth? They are kinda beat. Size 13 Jordan IV.
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[glitch008]

My recent pick up.

1985 Air Jordan 1 black/red

More photos in my IG.

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[yiizo]

Hey NT. I bought a DS pair of sport blue 18s. Only flaw is the cracked blue strip on the midsole, a common problem for the 18s. I'm hoping to buy another pair and strip it to replace it with. Here is a pic of the pair with the cracking:

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I found a video on YouTube where a guy takes apart and slices this shoe, and he briefly shows the part I'm talking about and how it's stitched to the upper, but I'm not sure of this. I'm worried that if I do try to rip the blue strip out, I'll ruin the original stitching. Here's the video: , skip to 0:47.

If this helps, the middle of the page of the link below shows an image with details of the anatomy of the shoe. It's a little more complicated than older Jordans.

http://weartesters.com/air-jordan-project-air-jordan-xviii-18-retro-performance-review/


These J's mean a lot to me, because they were one of the first pairs I got back in '03 and I haven't worn them since. Thanks and I really appreciate any advice.