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Are the 1999 metallic 5s durabuck or nubuck? Can't find this info anywhere on the interet and would greatly appreciate some help
NEED HELP. Is the 1999 metallic 5s durabuck or nubuck?
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Synthetic nubuck. A lot of people refer to it as Durabuck, but it's not. Durabuck was awful tbh. It ages very poorly and develops a shiny chalkiness over time. Compare some pics of OG Vs to 99s, 06s & 16s.
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2000 bruhs. No 5 ever dropped in 99.
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yeah yeah. I'm so used to people calling them 99s because of the production date on the tag, I even do it myself now.
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Thank you and yeah ive just always saw them as 99 in youtube vid titles and ebay listings
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They are in fact durabuck but not the original stuff jb used. In the late 90s, jb no longer used that durabuck since it stopped being produced. Even the og durabuck on the 89 4s is synthetic (Durabuck itself is synthetic leather no matter how you spin it). Then jb created their own durabuck variation that they have used since 1999 which i call nikebuck.
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Just to be sure, there is absolutely no real leather. Right?
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Durabuck was patented, but it's synthentic more durable nubuck anyway. You can pretty much still call it durabuck.
Nike has been making their own version since the late 90's.
The issue with Nike/JB is that they vary things so greatly in the texture they use.
The same happens with 3M, Nike makes their own version. We still call it 3M.
Nike has been making their own version since the late 90's.
The issue with Nike/JB is that they vary things so greatly in the texture they use.
The same happens with 3M, Nike makes their own version. We still call it 3M.
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No, durabuck is a synthetic leather
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Just found this from the eastbay magazine. Is this right?
Just found this from the eastbay magazine. Is this right?
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is this truw or was Eastbay just guessing and giving false info?View media item 2327389
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Eastbay has da worst descriptions.
they were definitely durabuck (Nike version, not da patented Durabuck [emoji]8482[/emoji])
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Also are the 2007 and 2011 releases also synthetic?
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yes, all durabuck is synthetic, many "full grain", smooth, and tumbled leather jb uses is synthetic. A small amount of Jordans have real leather.
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2011 were suede weren't they?
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long hair nubuck. Suede is used on Jordan 13, Jordan 18, and was just used on the royalty 4s
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oh lawd, $119.99. I would of copped 10 pairs at that price.
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