Prepare for Maintenance!
I want to love these so bad, they look so cool!
I love the history
Love that they're made by the original company.
I love that they look...not polished (it's not a negative from me)
They have the look of ' [STANDARD ISSUE SHOE]: Put on feet until worn out.' I expect their lack of polish to be counteracted by them not falling apart on their own. And unfortunately the glue is a big weak point.
Construction:
- Canvas seems great
- Stitching is great
- rubber is tough enough and really well vulcaized between sole, binding tape, and toe cap
- laces are meh but I would never take points off for that
- rivets themselves seem tough enough, BUT a couple have started to pull away from the canvas a little.
- The Glue: the enemy of the shoe. I've only worn these are handful of times and already the glue is just giving up and also kind of sloppily applied. I don't mind seeing it peek out above the side walls because i know it's there doing it's job, but certain spots have so little glue that it's started separating from the first wear and while inspecting it I found that I could peel it away if I wanted with virtually no effort.
And this is after only wearing them twice, both to the gym for weight lifting, not running or anything.
I'll likely re glue them and then run a stitch around the outside, but I would be extra disappointed if I didn't have that kind of equipment.
To the manufacturer:
Please work on the glue. Bonus points if you stitched them on although that would be less…