It's been a few years since we discovered the pair of Nike's in our late Uncle's closet. Decided to keep them in the family and hopefully one day give them to our Son.
Also "geomsa" (slightly different) means "inspection" in Korean. Although it is written....
검사검사검사
I wonder if this was an abbreviation used to mean "inspection"...??. It would certainly make more sense.
Well, based on your assistance....one possible translation of the Korean kanji is "Friday". So, I check a 1985 calendar with the date printed on the shoes 85-06-08 and if 06 represents the month June and 08 represents the day.......that would have been a Saturday June 8 1985. If the date is...
Thank you for sharing the factory name with us. I wonder if they stayed in business after Nike went elsewhere..??. Maybe they started to make knock offs after that......just kidding.
I guess the smell could be described as that "new" smell. God only knows what type of glues, etc.... were used...
There was a request to add a few more pics. So, here they are. I would say these are not prefect. Some of the grey (paint?) has been rubbed off from sitting in the box. There is also a thread that should have been cut....we won't touch it
The tissue paper is still inside the fronts and we will...
Please, not at all. You have been most helpful confirming their originality.
Based on some posts, it seems that Nike has altered their original Air Jordan design for the worst. Sometimes it's not the best decision to change a good thing. Look what happened with Coca Cola.......they should have...
I guess not. However, I find the history of the shoe interesting. I was just curious to see if the QC label was normal or an error by the factory. We may never know.
Thank you for confirming they are original 1985 issues.
Offers have been all over. From $1000 to $2300....although, that high offer may have been just a joke as they disappeared.
We are not in any hurry to disppse of them. However, as part of the estate, they will be sold......since none of us want to keep them.
I was hoping another member could tell...
Contacting Nike is a great idea. My Sister tried to do so and there was no reply back. I think they are more concerned with selling shoes.
Just to clarify.....the shoes are not sold. The individual that expressed interest, just disappeared. So, we are going to look at some of the avenues...
We are so grateful for all the comments, information and condolences we have received from forum members regarding these.
On the advice of many, we are going to look at all the various avenues mentioned to us on this forum. Our Uncle would have been happy to know that many enjoyed seeing...
Sorry for the delay getting back. This forum has been very kind and helpful. We have received many offers across the board and have accepted an offer from a forum member.
However, if for some reason the current deal doesn't go through, we will post a price and offer them to the first taker.
Some forum members may have seen our other thread "Air Jordan's Found In A Closet".....there was a third pair of runners by Adidas. This is part of an estate of our late Uncle's. So, we hope forum members can tell us what Adidas these are. We will have to sell these.
The box was empty and we...