Recent content by duece92

Has anyone else that hit on the shock drop still not received a shipping confirmation yet? Mine is just showing in progress. Paypal is showing payment pending. Anyone else?

So are we thinking this early drop is just not going to happen at this point?

If this is answered somewhere else in the forum, please redirect me there, but I have been unable to find this answer. What type of material is used on the white cement IV from 1999?  Is it genuine leather, top grain leather, nubuck, durabuck...... I should know this already, but for some...

Out of the box I would have to say the Motorsport IV's are better.  They are not as stiff across the whole shoe, (except for the ankle collar - that is rock like, haha). To me the TB3 was hard all over the shoe.  It took quite a bit of working the material to get it to feel softer.  But once it...

Compared to the Mars and Military that released in 2006 these are decent quality.  I do agree that the WC that released in '16 is softer, but these aren't that far off from that.  Better out of the box than the TB3 for '16.  These are better than the 2's from '04 and '09 as well. Are these some...

When people were seeing these for the first time and mentioning that the feel of the pleather was terrible, it scared me off and I didn't buy them.  My thought was, "Who wants to pay full retail for a piece of trash?"  I did that with the Mars IV back in '06 because I was afraid I would not see...

Did you call your local USPS office? I had the same thing happen with something other than shoes. They should be able to tell you what time they delivered and where they left the package.

Can anyone who has been wearing these for a while comment on if the "leather" feels different from the initial out of the box? Maybe post a pick?

The leather from the '80's was a thicker softer leather in most cases. It always had a more "real" leather feel as opposed to the current offerings. The '99-'01 models are pretty close to the OG in feel for leather. I am not really too sure that what is used now is genuine leather or man made...

Out of the box, I agree. The TB3's are way to stiff and feel like cardboard. But after you relax the leather a bit they are pretty close to the '07 FR3. I bought my'07s on release day and have only worn them a couple of times so the leather is damn near DS so this is a true comparison. The '07...

When I say work the leather, I mean rolling and flexing it by hand. I have yet to wear these. I have just taken a few minutes to roll, flex and relax the leather. It does make a huge difference. Still not '01 quality but better than out of the box stiff. Comparable to '07.

So I have come to the conclusion that while the leather on this shoe is certainly not great by any means, it can feel "decent" when worked. It needs to be rolled and relaxed a bit before it has a nicer feel too it. This is tumbled leather after all and needs that tumbled look. It is ridiculously...

The '03's being worn or not is truly not relevant. What is your intent with buying a shoe of this vintage? If you want a shoe to wear often, you will be disappointed. You would be on borrowed time. If you are looking for a shoe built with quality materials, that you wear a few times or set aside...

The above is not saying that it will make the quality better. It just means it will "feel" better than the crap you feel out of the box, which is way to stiff. JB really needs to step it up in the quality and craftsmanship department.

This makes me laugh. People are on here saying the '07 FR 3 was good quality. Haha. While it is better than the '11-'16 trash that has been put out, it is far from good quality. As some have said, quality fell off after '01. The'03 was a departure from the better quality of '01, but light years...