Can anyone recomend a real good patent leather basketball shoe? I have been wearing the official choice shoe the past three months but the backing in the shoe came apart and the seams in the shoe are now coming apart also. I have seen the new spot built patent leather shoe and it looks nice. Has anyone tried it out? Any othe quality patent leather shoes I can look into purchasing?

Both patent leather shoes that Honig's sells are very good shoes. The Ref made by Reebok and the Grid XT made by Spot-Bilt. It all depends what is best for you and your feet. I have seen others with the officials choice shoe that have had trouble and they were too narrow for me. Need to find what is right for your feet.

I'm not a patent lover, but if I were going to buy them I'd go with the Ref by Reebock. I still like polishing the shoes up as part of the pre-game ritual. Old habits do die hard!

There has to be a joke in here somewhere. :p

Peace

Reebok shoes feel and look great!

Especially when the "rev" says it! :D

How 'bout a pair of these....Rev????

http://www.dallasnews.com/img/photo/...06baylor07.jpg

"Beautiful....."

[Edited by imaref on Oct 26th, 2005 at 10:17 AM]

I thought those were Juulie's shoes. Or were the Padgett's?

Couldn't be......no Fishnets!

Don't like Patent leather
 

REf shoes are suppose to have a sheen or slight shine not be glossy. Don't like them... Besides Patent leather does not breath, feet sweat more...

I also like The Ref by Reebok. Very good quality and comfortable. I got a pair last season and still have them. And they are still in great condition. I have never had an issue with them making my feet sweat.
That Officials Choice shoe is trash.

i agree with ref-x
 

i have the ref reebok's and i haven't never had a problem with them, they way they shine and clean up, and they don't make my feet sweat as much as the first patent set i had a couple years ago, seems like they breathe a lot more! Just like anything else, the further along things get, the better made they are!

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You also must remember that those were Baylor Bear shoes. Being an SMU Mustang, I could never like them!

New Balance, Spotbilt, Reebock, and Nike all have good shoes. Pick the one that fits your style. I personally use the New Balance. Currently being worn for my fifth season.

No. No one can. Because there aren't any. They all look like plastic. Blech. JMO.

Aww, did someone get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?

I had been using the Converse Runnin' Refs since they came out several years ago, and when they came out with the patent leather version I was amazed at how much lighter they were. I guess the original Runnin' Refs were a heavier shoe to begin with, and the conversion to the plastic, er, patent made them a lot lighter and nicer, at least IMO. I always thought they looked good on other refs (only because it would take a lot more than that to make ME look good...). I got the OC patents this year because I like the 3/4 version; I hope I don't have the same experience that Ref-X had. I've used them at a couple of scrimmages without any issues so far, but if I need to change I would probably go with the Reebok's as well.

We all try to look our best - we try to make sure our stripes are white and not grey, we try to make sure our pants have a good, sharp crease, and we try to make sure our shoes are clean and polished. And patent leather is the ultimate in polished. Maybe some people's feet sweat a little more, or they need a different type of support, or a different width; that's fine. In my case, any little thing I can do to look better can't hurt.

But I don't think not being able to find a matching patent leather belt is a good reason for not wearing the shoes.

It's more likely the reason your shoes were lighter a few years later is because of the material in the soles, not the leather. I'm with Chuck as far as patent leather goes - I think they look horrible. To each their own. I will never wear shiny sneakers unless my assigner tells me I have to in order to get games.

So how do you guys feel about the guys that wear the patent leather shoes and you don't????? Do you think they should have another set of shoes just because you don't like them and prefer another type?? Would that be considered messing up the uniformity of the official crew if one had them and 2 didn't or 2 did and 1 didn't????? Wouldn't that be like saying you couldn't polish your shoes if your other partners decided not to that night wouldn't it?? :)

Most of the guys (and girls) I've worked with don't wear shiny shoes either. Some do. It never comes up as an issue. As long as the shoes are black, what's the problem? The rule book specifies that we are supposed to wear black shoes. Where does it say they have to be shiny? My assigner doesn't seem to care.

Personally I think the whole concept of wearing shiny shoes is a bit outdated.

Most times it comes down to the assignors. One assignor I work for came down on me hard for not having shoes polished, but I had spent an hour the night before shining them up for the game.

Got a pair of the Reebok patent leather Refs, and two pair of the Nike Air Monarch II's. Monarchs are the most comfortable shoes I have worked in. The Reeboks are OK, gotta get some insoles to make the fit more comfortable.

I wear Nike black shoxs and just got the new nike cog black shoxs and love them. As I said before I do not like patent leather, I agree they look like plastic and I don't think that is the shine they are suppose to have. But to each is own, but I would never wear patent leather. To me polished and glossy shine are two different things.

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Monarch IIs are the most comfortable shoes I have ever worn! Now if they made those in a patent, I just might wear them. Then again, I might not, too.