Not long ago Sneaker News gave you another look at an unreleased sample pair of the Nike SB

Not long ago Sneaker News gave you another look at an unreleased sample pair of the Nike SB Dunk High that featured a unique Distressed leather, treated with paraffin wax. The ‘distressed’ process takes full-grain leather and tumbles it with the carbon-based material, creating natural variations and markings for the ‘distressed’ look. Paraffin wax is also used in a number of other every-day materials, such as candles, crayons, and even foods. In this case, it’s used on the leather materials to make this sample pair Nike Free Run 3.0 V4 of the SB Dunk, which dates back to ’03. The upper features a distressed leather as well as brown suede, with a beige suede swoosh, a total combination of colors similar to the ‘Brown Pack’ SB Dunks or even the ‘Un-Tweeds‘. Check out the images below and if you need to add these to your SB collection, check out the auction from adcemy77 on us stroes.

Back in early 2009, Sneaker News first scooped you on the Nike SFB (then Special Forces Boot) at a time when it was unclear to whom these would be marketed.  The SFB has become a hit with combat officers and others who need the rugged protection of kevlar-sheathed leather, its midtop variant a great m6.0 of that hardnosed appeal plus a potentially more wardrobe friendly shape.  And now just as it followed big brother SFB to market, the Nike Special Field Boot Chukka comes to NIKEiD so you can customize its unique design with your own choice of earthy colors and camouflage patterns.  A few sample pairs await your click below; which one looks most like what you’d create for your own pair at NIKEiD?

 

‘TY’ has become synonymous with expressing gratitude in this world of tweets and TXT messages, and we’re betting the guy whose initials share those letters is pleased with his output from the Nike Air Max 85 Bespoke Experience’s latest tour of Tokyo, Japan.  T.Y.’s AF1 Bespokes don’t bear his name as many others have, the only lettering on these reserved for ‘AF-1′ on the tongue and what looks like an abbreviation for his home country on the right heel tab.  This relat5e lack of text ensures your attention is directed to the black magic patent leather that makes up the upper on these orange and yellow accented Bespokes, though the true standout feature might be that material’s contrast against the traditional gum brown sole we’re used to seeing more often paired with nappy suedes.  Click through Nike LunarEclipse so you can see more angles on these and let us know how they compare to the best Air Max 85 Bespokes we’ve seen from Nike Harajuku.
 

While 2012 has been relat5ely ‘quiet’ for Nike SB, Nike Free Run 4.0 V3 it hasn’t exactly been ‘uneventful’. Things are shaking up for Nike’s skateboarding d5ision and in terms of the ‘must-have’ collaborations with artists, the pickings have been very slim until a ‘Pushead 2′ was confirmed for a release. This is likely the closest thing to an SB Dunk ‘Retro’ we’ve seen thus far, as the 2006 classic is refinished with a bleached-out detailing and matching laces. We confirmed a release date for these earlier, but why not step it up a notch and cop them early? A new set of detailed images is available below so take a look and check out what sizes are available from thyz1812 on us stroes.