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First of all, as an enthusiast and collector, I feel like my shoes should be worn to be fully enjoyed. But theres a problem... I cant wear my "grails" or any other shoe I really care about without creasin em up. Some shoes look decent with some creasing... but who prefers a DS shoe look over a worn one? Anyways, I feel like i owe it to these shoes of mine, that are made in limited quantitys, and the ones that are left, are most likely being worn. So here is how I chose to adress the problem:
So, to conserve the DS shape of my shoes while wearing them. With some research into reviews for multiple wearable shoe trees, i found Sneaker Shields (can be bought from http://www.sneakershields.com/) to work the best. Here is a quick write up with some pictures on what worked for me.
The sneaker shields, to my foot, cramped my toes up, and I chose to modify them (as suggested if they were uncomfortable). Here's what I did since I couldn't find a writeup on how to modify them, even though it seems fairly simple.
Tools: 1: Marking pencil 2: Decent scissors 3: Large Grit (or semi coarse) Hand file 4: Very extremely fine grit accurate hand file. I chose to use metal files since the step sanding sandpaper made for wood/body work might leave residuals on the shields, might take longer, and would be harder to work with.
Here Is what I had to achieve. On the RIGHT is the unmodified UNIVERSAL sneaker shield. On the LEFT is the modified one to fit my feet. My big and pinky toe along with the sides of my feet (I have semi wide feet) felt cramped. I chose to trim the sides down along with the toe section, giving the cramped sections of my feet more room, trying not to take away from the integrity of the sneaker shield as much as i possibly could ( I have seen people modify their shields and they crack because they modified it structurally wrong):
Will update thread in an hour or so, if the mods approve it being here. It is DEFINITELY Jordan shoe related.
So, to conserve the DS shape of my shoes while wearing them. With some research into reviews for multiple wearable shoe trees, i found Sneaker Shields (can be bought from http://www.sneakershields.com/) to work the best. Here is a quick write up with some pictures on what worked for me.
The sneaker shields, to my foot, cramped my toes up, and I chose to modify them (as suggested if they were uncomfortable). Here's what I did since I couldn't find a writeup on how to modify them, even though it seems fairly simple.
Tools: 1: Marking pencil 2: Decent scissors 3: Large Grit (or semi coarse) Hand file 4: Very extremely fine grit accurate hand file. I chose to use metal files since the step sanding sandpaper made for wood/body work might leave residuals on the shields, might take longer, and would be harder to work with.
Here Is what I had to achieve. On the RIGHT is the unmodified UNIVERSAL sneaker shield. On the LEFT is the modified one to fit my feet. My big and pinky toe along with the sides of my feet (I have semi wide feet) felt cramped. I chose to trim the sides down along with the toe section, giving the cramped sections of my feet more room, trying not to take away from the integrity of the sneaker shield as much as i possibly could ( I have seen people modify their shields and they crack because they modified it structurally wrong):
Will update thread in an hour or so, if the mods approve it being here. It is DEFINITELY Jordan shoe related.
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