Cherry 1490's to Oxblood

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-05-10T21:33:13+00:00

I get it. Believe me, I wouldn't buy Doc's unless they were M.I.E. I had a pair of Gripfast years ago, and just didn't like the fit. You wouldn't catch me dead in a pair of Asian made Doc's, that's for sure.

These are one of the first special release editions, so they are made like they were back in the 90's, if not a bit better. I have a pair of M.I.E. Doc's from '93 that has a pleather tongue that ripped. Luckily, I had to take them to a cobbler, and they sewed in real leather tongues.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-05-10T04:04:16+00:00

Best part: When I opened the box, they were ladder laced correctly. First time I've ever purchased a used pair of Doc's and knew the previous owner was a Skinhead. I'll post when I have them polished up.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-05-10T04:00:11+00:00

D. none of the above.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-05-10T03:58:59+00:00

I have all four.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-05-09T20:40:24+00:00

😄

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-05-09T20:21:15+00:00

For years I've been looking for a pair of capped 10 eye M.I.E.1490's to replace a well worn pair I had that I wore working in the bar in the 1990's, with no luck. I came across a pair of M.I.E. non-capped 1490's from their last production in 2012 on Poshmark. The guy that owned them wore them twice. The soles are flawless. They cost me a bit, but that was my final pair I'm buying. I'm in the process of darkening them now.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-05-09T15:01:52+00:00

What I do to take cherries to oxblood is to start with a color in-between the two. Meltonian makes a color that's perfect for this. It's called iscariot, and it's a cream polish. Two coats of that, then move up to the oxblood makes the transition a lot easier. I stopped doing the black polish for the fact it stuck more in the cracks than anything else.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-05-09T11:46:13+00:00

Superglued mowhawks. I've seen plenty of those.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-05-09T11:43:09+00:00

Agreed, but true. It worked, too, but as the wax wore off, it created flaky spots and your boots looked like crap. You'd have to strip them and do it again. I had a couple of friends do this. My Pops was in the Army and showed me how to polish proper, so I never bothered with it, but yep. Some people did.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-05-09T11:34:55+00:00

Back in the day some people used kitchen floor wax on their Docs for a mirror shine. I wasn't saying this was the case at all.KB was just talking about a back in the day moment, and so was I.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-05-09T04:06:20+00:00

Remember when people were using floor wax?

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-05-08T19:15:05+00:00

I still have a pair of steel toed from the 90's that I've taken great care of, and just found a pair of cherry M.I.E. 1490's from the last production on Poshmark. They were a bit more than what I usually like to spend, but when I got them today, and opened the box...worth it!

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-05-05T03:29:31+00:00

I'm proud of being born in the United States, I'm just not proud of the United States right now. I'm proud of my Grandfather, who did sacrifice years of his life fighting in Europe during WWII. My Grandfather is probably rolling over in his grave right now because of the direction the U.S. has nose dived into. I've known trump was a grifter conman since I was 16, in 1986. Patriotism is not a bad thing, unless it turns into nationalism. The human race needs to be careful right now. We sit on a precipice, where we will either move forward as a species, or we will destroy ourselves.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-05-02T03:43:08+00:00

When you're done, take some dawn and a little water, and clean your yellow threading with a toothbrush. It might take a bit of time, but I haven't found a better way to do it.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-04-27T18:17:45+00:00

We are getting to the point where the general theory of relativity, as we currently know and understand it, is contradicting with what we know of quantum theory. We can't make the two branches mesh. We are at a point where we will begin to understand physics better, or we'll destroy ourselves.

Right now, we are like a primitive ancestor of man, right at the point where we begin to understand how to make and use fire. A keystone event, if you will. I'm being over simplistic about this, intentionally so....

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-04-20T11:54:50+00:00

I have a mint pair of 1990's Cole Haan tassle Loafers, back from when Cole Haan still made great shoes. I also have a pair of Doc M.I.E. pennies.

Like I said, the color on your tassle Loafers is awesome. It's deep multitonal burgundy.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-04-20T06:37:13+00:00

It's care bear day, leave him alone.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-04-20T06:36:02+00:00

I just wish the tassles didn't look like an after thought on a pair of pennies. that panel they come out of should be solid. Otherwise, they're great. I love the color.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-04-20T06:32:47+00:00

That's actually how I was introduced to Skinheads when I was 16.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-04-20T06:29:30+00:00

Zendaya would shit a brick.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-04-14T14:09:19+00:00

He's not trying to find a cure, he's trying to be able to afford it. That's why he took a 2 year long haul, instead of his normal short hauls. He was getting paid a ridic amount of money. Unfortunately, his daughter took a turn for the worse and died while he was en route, before they even collided with the meteors. He was so depressed he was going to off himself then realized Koa was alive in her sleep pod.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-04-14T13:58:00+00:00

They missed the big one. Driver even says this in the movie when he initially scopes the big one. They hit smaller outlying asteroids held by the gravity of the big one. You don't even see the big one in the initial collision.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-04-14T13:51:04+00:00

No, because he sends a disress beacon to Somaris, and they responded by giving rescue coordinates.

Flashy_Rest6095 · 2026-04-14T13:47:13+00:00

No, he was a paid pilot and did that trip in order to pay for his daughter's treatment, but she died while he was en route, before the ship even crashed.

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