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[OFFICIAL] Fake Vans Report!
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:00 pm
by DJGuamstyles
Re: [OFFICIAL] Fake Vans Report!
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:18 pm
by sug1
havent really noticed. i kinda had a feeling this would happen sooner or later......but damn f'in horrible.
Re: [OFFICIAL] Fake Vans Report!
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:54 am
by Crimson Ghost
Re: [OFFICIAL] Fake Vans Report!
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:43 am
by DJGuamstyles
Nice find.
Re: [OFFICIAL] Fake Vans Report!
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:11 am
by Crimson Ghost
Re: [OFFICIAL] Fake Vans Report!
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:02 pm
by rocketgoof
Re: [OFFICIAL] Fake Vans Report!
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:24 am
by Crimson Ghost
Fake, no doubts.
Re: [OFFICIAL] Fake Vans Report!
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:01 am
by DJGuamstyles
I'm not so sure. The pics aren't detailed enough, but they look like Ray Barbee oldskools. The toe bumper looks sharply chopped, instead of being rounded out on the top corner, so it looks to be a fake.
Re: [OFFICIAL] Fake Vans Report!
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:30 am
by Crimson Ghost
I have Barbee's and mine look nothing like the ones posted. Main difference is the wave - RB's have slimmer wave, while wave on these fakes is fat as fuck. It's even fatter than the one on GR Old Skools. Another thing is the crooked cut of the toe bumper. Toebox is too short. There are 7 lace holes, while modern OS' have 8. And the heel counter is off.
Oh, and I don't know if you guys noticed it, but recently Old Skools were changed a bit. Slimmer wave, flat toebox, straight stitches on the side. And I think that there is more padding in the collar.
Re: [OFFICIAL] Fake Vans Report!
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:31 am
by rocketgoof
I don't have a pair of the Barbee's, but every picture I've seen has the rounded toe bumper. These are sharply chopped at an angle, so even syndicates, vaults, etc aren't like that... Also, the Barbee's have a white collar lining.
Edit: Crimson beat me to an even more detailed analysis while I was posting this. haha Dude has even greater attention to detail than I do! I didn't notice the lace holes like that.
Re: [OFFICIAL] Fake Vans Report!
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:35 am
by Crimson Ghost
rocketgoof wrote:Also, the Barbee's have a white collar lining.
Hehe, look who's paying attention to details
I forgot about this
Re: [OFFICIAL] Fake Vans Report!
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:53 am
by DJGuamstyles
Re: [OFFICIAL] Fake Vans Report!
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:06 pm
by lookdown
Should have a guide.
Re: [OFFICIAL] Fake Vans Report!
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:40 am
by rocketgoof
Well, those are vaults so they wouldn't have the rounded toe bumper. I think what we were saying was that all vans have either the rounded toe bumper (for gr's and such) or the straight cut (for vault, syndicate, etc). The ones in that link were cut at an angle.
Re: [OFFICIAL] Fake Vans Report!
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:48 am
by Crimson Ghost
rocketgoof wrote:Well, those are vaults so they wouldn't have the rounded toe bumper.
Barbee's have
rocketgoof wrote:I think what we were saying was that all vans have either the rounded toe bumper (for gr's and such) or the straight cut (for vault, syndicate, etc). The ones in that link were cut at an angle.
Exactly what we meant.
We could do a 'How to spot a fake Vans' guide