"I never intended to be a guy that cuts shoes and boots and half on YouTube. What the future holds for Kay, as far as YouTube goes, remains unknown, but he's going along with it and seeing where it takes him. Through the whole process, Kay admits that he's gotten a few things wrong (which has been called out by the commenters). He's also had unnamed boot companies mad at him for exposing what's in their products. I think they want people to buy shoes more often."Īs far as the future of the channel goes, Kay says he's interested in dissecting an original 1985 Air Jordan 1, although he admits it's probably too expensive. I think companies are trying to make more money. It's all about the bottom line, and they know their shoes are gonna sell no matter what. "I also think that when you get these big companies, you have so many people that are trying to make a buck all the way up the corporate ladder. "I think it's planned obsolescence," says Kay. He also found out that shoes have a softer sole than Vans or Converse, which means it will wear down faster.Īs far as leather quality in sneakers, goes Kay says many are average, and there may be several factors that cause that. In his video, Kay found out the shoes were made out of "chrome-tanned leather," which is a leather made from a cheaper process than vegetable-tanned leather. They ended up just being an average shoe.
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"I was expecting something a little bit more like a boot out of them, like full leather and a lot higher quality. I heard in my comment sections, online, and just throughout my life that Common Projects were this ultra high-quality sneaker," says Kay. "It really surprised me that that was one that I kind of fell victim to the hype behind it. Kay deconstructed a pair of these and found out quite the opposite was true.
It's an all-white sneaker made in Italy and renowned for its quality. The Common Projects Achilles, which retails for over $400, has long been touted as "the only sneaker you'll ever need" by men's style experts who don't know much about sneakers. It makes it easier for me to stay unbiased and look at it from a real world sense without being swayed by hype." "I go in fairly blind to the cultural significance of shoes and what people think of shoes. "I'm kind of ignorant to the whole hype game and what's hot," says Kay. His videos show that cheaper shoes, such as an Air Jordan 1 Mid, aren't even made out of real leather, while the "Shattered Backboard" Air Jordan 1s are constructed of higher-quality leather in parts of the shoe. Kay's videos have drawn interest mainly for two reasons: first, nearly every person with an above average interest in sneakers pays attention to quality, and second, there's something very Good Internet about cutting a sneaker in half. "I'm not a cobbler, I'm just a general leather worker."
"I make wallets, belts and our biggest selling thing is camera harnesses for photographers," says Kay, who is located in northern Utah, where he says there is no sneaker culture, aside from a skate shop in town. And he's found out whether the sneakers are good or poor in quality and amassed nearly 200,000 subscribers in the process. He's inspected the aforementioned Air Jordan 1s, as well as a pair of lesser-quality Air Jordan 1 mids, Air Force 1s, Common Projects, Vans, and more. Kay, who runs the leather goods brand Rose Anvil and YouTube page of the same name, has gained notoriety for cutting apart sneakers on the internet to inspect the quality of the product. Weston Kay stands in front of a brick backdrop wearing a pair of oversized glasses, a denim shirt, and a patchy beard while brandishing a razor in hand and says, "It's time to put an end to all the speculation and cut these Shattered Backboard Jordans in half to see if the leather quality's that good….and if they're worth the $1,000 I paid for them."
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