My pair finally came in from Eastbay. All in all the quality of the leather is way better than I thought they would be from what I read in here. I don't know if some guys are just getting bad pairs. But I own plenty of 1s and the leather on the black toes is pretty good. Here are some quick pics I snapped today.
All my ones. I am now done with ones after the black toes.
AJKO, AJKO, Custom AJKO, 1994, 2001, 2001, 2013 black toes.
1994 height comparison. I'm really happy with the hi cut of the Black Toes. But it's still a tad shy of the 1994.
Don't let anyone tell you that the 2001s are not a true hi cut. They don't know what they are talking about.
Shade of red comparison. The only knock I have against the black toes is the shade of red. When comparing to the 1994s and 2001s
it's closer to a burgundy or maroon. But only when comparing. On its own it just looks like varsity red.