Air Jordan V retro OG - Nike Air - Fire Red/Silver tongue - May 2, 2020

[crumps brother]

Decided to relace my good pair and instead of leaving them unlaced I decided to bar lace em as a throwback to the Nike Footwear Catalog from Fall 1990. Would've positioned em like the catalog but had too much stuff out to do so. Will likely leave em laced like this until I decide otherwise.

The tongue on the OG's is insanely tall though. Tried to pull mine up a bit but didn't want to pull too hard.

the real top 3

 

[ozboi]

Restock on Snipes, GL!

 

[spoonmanofthehour]

Restock on Snipes, GL!

No thanks. My guy walks like he’s in 115 degree desert heat.

 

[ozboi]

Twitter said it was easy cop

 

[Deleted member 42060]

I consider the silver tongue, black tongue, and black metallics my top 3.

 

[jraider1982]

Just doubled up on snipes man hopefully the flint 13s are this easy.

 

[DB Cooper]

Man, tempted to get another pair from Snipes. Don't like how the snags on the stitching from my left shoe is looking.

 

[alsa2009]

Eastbay pair...

These are really nice. I've been fortunate enough to pickup the last several pairs of OG Jays since 2016. Feels good have these in the collection. From here on ou,t I'll be copping all the OGs.

 

[BennyIll22]

I was lucky to get both pairs in looking pretty solid. The toe rand on one shoe of one of the pairs is a bit off but it's really not that bad. Looking good, good quality. Jordan brand has made some nice stuff this year, hope they keep it up.

 

[booker36]

Come on SNKRS. Day 13 now and no shipping confirmation.

 

[sales]

Can someone school me on why there was a black tongue and silver tongue version of the Jordan 5 fire red? And which version originally released first?

 

[engineer]

Can someone school me on why there was a black tongue and silver tongue version of the Jordan 5 fire red? And which version originally released first?

Same reason they made white/infrared and carmine 6. Hare and cardinal 7 etc. Just different color blocking to sell more shoes. The silver tongue version released with the black metallic and grape. I believe they released the black tongue version a few months later.

 

[Sizzla]

Keep missing 10.5

I have a 10.5 and 11 coming tomorrow from FTL. My True size is 11 but ordered both based on comments. Anyway if my 11 fits better I’ll definitely hook you up at retail the 10.5’s. If you are haven’t got em yet

 

[5o'clockShadowBoxer]

Can someone school me on why there was a black tongue and silver tongue version of the Jordan 5 fire red? And which version originally released first?

Black tongues came out last, from what I remember, like fall or winter of ‘90.

 

[jshortt]

Can someone school me on why there was a black tongue and silver tongue version of the Jordan 5 fire red? And which version originally released first?

Same reason they made white/infrared and carmine 6. Hare and cardinal 7 etc. Just different color blocking to sell more shoes. The silver tongue version released with the black metallic and grape. I believe they released the black tongue version a few months later.

Both silver tongues released together in February 1990. Grapes were a few months later, like early summer, if I recall correctly. Then from what I remember black tongues were back to school. At that point, Mike always started the new season wearing the previous model until All Star weekend when the new ones released. 90 - black tongue, 91 - Carmine, 92 - Cardinals.

 

[DaKidFromHaiti]

Come on SNKRS. Day 13 now and no shipping confirmation.

That’s wild. Did you email them? My Royal Toes I got from them came in like 4 days after the drop.

 

[SteveSteve72]

Can someone school me on why there was a black tongue and silver tongue version of the Jordan 5 fire red? And which version originally released first?

They both were part of the original release. White/Black-Fire Red (3M tongue), Black/Black-Metallic Silver, White/Grape Ice-New Emerald and White/Fire Red-Black (black tongue) were the 4 original color-ways that dropped in 1990. I don’t think there’s any special story behind it. It was just the color-ways they picked.

 

[booker36]

That’s wild. Did you email them? My Royal Toes I got from them came in like 4 days after the drop.

That is wild. I believe that it’s more than me who hasn’t received from SNKRS yet. All they say is that it’s in Warehouse ready to be shipped. Nothing more after that.

 

[jshortt]

They both were part of the original release. White/Black-Fire Red (3M tongue), Black/Black-Metallic Silver, White/Grape Ice-New Emerald and White/Fire Red-Black (black tongue) were the 4 original color-ways that dropped in 1990. I don’t think there’s any special story behind it. It was just the color-ways they picked.

Ehhhh kinda. Yeah, they were an OG, but I think he was legit asking which pair came out first. Silver tongues were first, and the black tongues were the final colorway of the 5 to be released. Just an alternate white/red color to start the season. Same as the Carmines and the Cardinals after that.

 

[rafbuddy]

Give me soft leather that creases any day. I'll never understand why people don't want their shoes to crease; makes no sense. If you don't want your shoes to crease, don't wear them. We don't want JB to go back to the plastic/super PU coated crap leather of the past.

get a pair of construction Tims for no crease

 

[SteveSteve72]

Ehhhh kinda. Yeah, they were an OG, but I think he was legit asking which pair came out first. Silver tongues were first, and the black tongues were the final colorway of the 5 to be released. Just an alternate white/red color to start the season. Same as the Carmines and the Cardinals after that.

Yeah did you see the order I listed them in. And what was the 5th colorway? I don’t remember a 5th.

edit: never mind I read that wrong

 

[green rhino123]

I still remember a female I knew rockin' the "Grape" Air Jordan "5."

It struck me because I didn't see females wearing Air Jordans in person.
The type that would have had L.A. Gear.

While it is true that AJ's were gaining popularity, the colorway
(and some future non-bulls colorways) sealed the deal for some folks.

 

[booker36]

AIR JORDAN V (5): 1989-90

With fit-enhancing lace locks, reflective tongue and clear rubber outsoles for sole-to-the-hole traction, MJ and Hatfield once again surpass previous designs with these new innovations....

sneakernews.com

 

[jshortt]

I still remember a female I knew rockin' the "Grape" Air Jordan "5."

It struck me because I didn't see females wearing Air Jordans in person.
The type that would have had L.A. Gear.

While it is true that AJ's were gaining popularity, the colorway
(and some future non-bulls colorways) sealed the deal for some folks.

First person I knew to have Grapes was this girl in my class that I had a crush on. It was pretty much the best thing ever to me at the time.

 

[SteveSteve72]

My very first pair of J’s was BM V’s back in 7th grade, still my all time favorite shoe. If I ever saw a girl wearing a pair of grapes back then it would have been Love at first sight lol