Restoring The Most Beat Up $20,000 1985 Metallic Blue 1's

[@bikashnath01]

You know it's a genuine restoration when the shoe is not found in the forest by the lake.😅

[@johnandrew00]

🤣

[@Benito722]

With roaches

[@acopperheart]

He finds them like that tho 😭

[@damienjeremyweir4543]

and 50 minutes 🙌🏻

[@ChrisB-k7b]

i HATE those videos. I love the real restorations.

[@nickp3173]

I cant believe the glue was still holding somewhat. The quality of nike/jordan brand has gone down so much over the years. It's sad, really. But damn brother, this was a ton of work. You killed it as usual. Awesome restoration!

[@johnandrew00]

Thank you bro. I need to know what they used. It must have been vibranium mixed in their barge cement

[@jimw6137]

Agreed. As much as I loved Vans I refuse to buy anymore. Way over priced and terribly inferior quality.

[@BORIS21610]

They used imported Materials from Europe, especially Italy kenda farben dyes also where penetrating dyes and not acrylic even though angelus is much higher priced than European penetrating dyes.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Yep, built their name on high quality, then starting cashing in on brand equity by reducing quality but keeping premium (or ultra premium) pricing.

[@jenaking775]

Back in the day people had to use actual skill making things. Now days, with technology, people have gotten too used to short cuts & no talent for how things should be made. Everyone is out for a quick and easy buck. With that being said, I love your video! You do a fantastic job. I can tell you really enjoy what you're doing. Keep it up!

[@lass0]

first came across your channel in 2015 when i was in 8th grade, just turned 22 the other day, glad to see my boy never switched up & is still restoring gems !!

[@NoLimi7R6]

I can watch your vids on repeat and be amazed every time i see the results! Restoration God!

[@johnandrew00]

Thank you bro !

[@FlyingPirahna1]

To be perfectly honest, after all of the steps you had to redo, I started to have my doubts about the final product. But man, this ended up being a masterclass in learning from your mistakes and fixing them as you went, and getting better through doing the work. They look phenomenal at the end bro, great job!

[@yanijones2484]

Yeah, this is what I love to see. I love seeing the mess-ups and all the steps to correct them. I watched this video entirely with yawning or falling asleep. This type of content kept my attention. I wouldn’t mind watching more videos like this one. 🐐

[@519eracing3]

Quick airbrushing tip to stop bleeding under the vinyl. Before spraying your color, do a light coat of white or whatever color is the backgroud color. That way, in this case, the whit is the color that bleeds under and seals whatever gals may be there. Then shoot your color. Great job!

[@ZwaaiHaai]

I really like you show your learning process and then correcting it as perfect as possible ❤

[@tabbs1664]

I really enjoyed watching your restoration. I love how u kept your video authentic. Im glad you never skipped the mistakes. You explained your mistakes & corrected them. Learning curve for us all. Loved it ❤

[@kevinemery1177]

This was a masterclass in patience and professionalism

[@dunksrnice]

Wow. You outdid yourself yet again and should feel proud. You have released many videos in the past, great and amazing ones, but honestly, this is one of my favorites to date. A bunch of trail and error and it shows the many set backs. Can’t wait to see more of these for sure in the future. 👏👏

[@jitendrakr]

This the first time I have watched your video. Your video came in my KZbin feed and I must say that it was worth it. Great job with the restoration!

[@BigSparky1316]

Bro i have been following since 2016. Its crazy to think how damn good you've gotten at your craft. You put in the time and hard work and now have built a skill that gets you and your family paid real damn good. Even with me being a bodybuilder I wish I had a skill like this

[@wannagetstacked9093]

Incredible. Definitely my favourite video. Your perseverance and ingenuity are really inspiring. Your videos helped me set up a successful business that has provided for my family for nearly three years and changed our lives dramatically. Really grateful for your content

[@azkyi]

love ur vids dude i always wanted to be a good sneaker restorer/had my own collection, and youve helped me with restoring tips!

[@larswillsen]

Oh man, I have several of those from my 80s rock star days haha (so did the a few known bands I remember) 🙂

[@PokeRelativity]

Holy S!*# it didn’t even dawn on me this was even remotely possible. Much less did I know this was a thing. I’m completely blown away. 🤯 Amazing job! Wow.

[@treyalexander6049]

This is absolutely amazing!!!!!!! You killed this restoration!!!!! I’m definitely going to get you to restore some for me!!! So Dope!!!!!

[@EmJayi]

WOW! This is one of my favorite 1985 restorations by you , the attention to detail is crazy, to the 85 outsole to the 85 wings logo and much more. I love the fact that you used Maxio’s video to help you on this project

[@artwittoyz6859]

Geez you absolutely crushed it man! Came out outstanding!

[@morganbrickwall7902]

I'm not into shoes but the craftsmanship is great to watch.

[@deltajohnny]

What a difficult job! 👏👏👏

[@ChristopherIsIT]

Bravo. Nicely done restoration. Sad that craftsman like you don't the support your deserve. I'm very impressed with your restarting something even after you're practically finished the piece. Traits of a true craftsman. Keep going, bud!

[@Restoration_Beautiful]

It was great, good luck 💚

[@jeruzfin974]

Hands down the best shoe restoration out of all restoration vid in existence!

[@r7kelley553]

They turned out really good. I respect not accepting what you weren't happy with and trying again.

[@Restoration_Beautiful]

😍 Your work was excellent. ❤

[@durtysouth85]

awesome job! very relaxing...shoes came out beautifully

[@koyotestarrk]

Keep going brother you are truly a master in what you do!

[@micheleclifford8969]

Awesome Job ! And I love the Music ❤

[@libertycan6959]

beautiful job truly amazing!!

[@raelynnclinard]

first time watching a video with this content and i love the touch of including your learning mistakes. I'm impressed at the work you had to put into this to get the astounding outcome!

[@GingerVisionHouse]

This is the most unreal restoration in the history of sneakers. A benchmark set for a LONGGGGGG time

[@michelmonier8489]

THAT is craftmanship.

[@Kensivren]

You should definitely try to deconstruct a whole shoe that is not so sought out and put them back together. I think it would give you a whole lot of confidence to do it to a higher value shoes later on

[@tsar-bomba2413]

This one was rough on you, but you prevailed in the end, great job

[@Jesselovespinball]

Some of my best work has also been some of my worst mistakes. A true craftsman can take a mistake and make it look like it never happened. Good for you for trying new things and going out of your comfort zone . Nice job 👍

[@kevinkev1530]

Great work, i knownit was a hard one, but now you got the experience

[@reneecarter6702]

Bro you are a master of your craft ❤ I love seeing a legit, perfectly executed restoration 👌🏼

[@geoffkeough9728]

came out hella nice in the end bro. congrats!!

[@minimarine77]

Bro, it's truly amazing how you learned this skill. Folks like yourself are special.

[@chrissmith-no3bo]

I always say I'm not paying 200for pair of Jordans but seeing how much work goes into just refurbishing one pair I truly see why they expensive.... You did great job... I wish I can find my first pair. It was 1980 red swoosh...but I think I'd get it bblue swoosh this time

[@colin82]

AMAZING WORK BRO!!!!! Greating from Italy💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@koont666]

Amazing talent, very brave to deconstruct completely ❤🇬🇧🇮🇪

[@personalwatching9312]

Cool!!! Great vibe on this channel man

[@paulwalton3637]

Love the chill beats is it a general artist or just generic music

[@fredsimon6640]

Amazing. I’ve never seen anything like this before.

[@greyhaircrafter]

I’m a tailor who is getting into shoemaking. See if you can get a tailors ham as a form to fuse the sock liner to the foam. If you can fuse it in the shape you will use it, the wrinkles will be less. Inside layers are always smaller than outside layers.

[@cvcommunicate6311]

Bro is a beast !!! Fantastic job homie !! Iconic shoe back to life !!!

[@rochyns8567]

My first Jordans were metallic blue! I copped a pair in back in '85 for $65! And they're worth $20K??? Great rebuild!

[@Fixologist1]

Only one problem...they aren't my size! This was an immense and epic undertaking. Wow.

[@stevelambert3418]

John, just wanted to know if this was the hardest or one of the hardest projects that you've done? I understand that you have to have patience when doing this type of work but when you started making mistakes, you didn't get frustrated. Really impressed with your talent. What's even more impressive is that you're still young and have a lot more challenging projects to accomplish. Hope you keep the videos coming.

[@derfymen6537]

This is the best restoration I have ever seen

[@the.Witchcraft]

Make a foot shape from wood or polyestrn this helps when u shaping the shoe in place

[@thalstantrailwalker2393]

couple of small suggestions (nice work btw), make more economical use of your materials by placing them close together. then use a knife (not scissors) to make the cuts. This works for leather and when you glue the leather to the lining.

[@robertmyers6329]

Bro is preserving history

[@meinkraft2284]

Maxio6 started this trend

[@beerandbrat]

i hope you saved all your final templates!!! great video

[@mikey3239]

nice work you have come a long way always look forward to seeing the next custom you do. keep. up the great content.

[@PinnacIeSaint]

Ya'know if you've got this much patience you should have made a full blown Krikut templet pattern just to see if you could make a full blown forgery. If it weren't for videos like these I'd never believed people actually pay $20,000 for a pair of shoes. I'm the $20 shoe guy. Back in high school one of my classes was leather works/crafts so this brought back a lot of memories. Seeing the number tag for the inside I was wondering why a stensil couldn't have been made with the krikut the same as the wing logo. Anyway that was just a thought.

[@wilyukipak]

truly amazing project

[@mauricelapointe1142]

WOW very good job.

[@Manuel_Z_Kayaks]

I WANT TO SEE A PAIR OF MANALO ORIGINALS!

[@icustomskicks]

Wow you can really see the equality of the leather even in the video! Wish they’d bring back that quality again. Awesome work as always brotha!

[@johnandrew00]

I appreciate it bro. they definitely need to bring back this type of leather in sneakers.

[@theplumgye]

that looks fabulous

[@johnandrew00]

Appreciate it bro

[@Nancy-y8q1n]

I think you did a beautiful job

[@adamsmith8367]

You have the patience of a saint, well done they look amazing?

[@gustercc]

And he said, aye, just do it. *i see what you did there.

[@ZYXWVUQ992Q]

screw the 20 different methods you need to learn to do this, you have patience. patience is key for this type of work. when you had too much backing material, that would have been it for me lol. patience is its own skill.

[@brendaowens2466]

Good job sir.

[@undergoddess]

also for people who watch this channel, this is his longest video! which means this has been the most meticulous restore yet!

[@calvinwomack2232]

I'd love to see you restore a pair of Royal Blue Nike Air Revolution 86's. My favorite shoe of all time.

[@oceanman3676]

Enjoyable video! How long do you usually take with these restoration projects in real time? Is there a big time difference between treating high-quality shoes and lower quality ones? And if possible can you maybe upload a full-length video with no speed-up next time? Looking forward to your future projects

[@johnandrew00]

A full length video would be 5+ hours. That’s only recording one shoe. It usually takes me less than a week to finish a pair. Yeah there’s a slight difference depends on the materials used. I need to be more careful with suede shoes

[@tinalawrence8807]

it's so frustrating when you have to keep undoing the same piece. I feel your pain x

[@sundrenchedinspirations1]

Hey Mr. Manalo, I have a pair of Air Jordan 11 space jam from 2009 and the air unit is shot. I thought about cutting a slit down the middle of the sock liner of the inside of the shoe to replace it as I’d prefer not to take the upper apart from the soles. What do you suggest?

[@fishsquishguy1833]

Incredible work! Truly restored and not some cleaned up and painted. Just out of curiosity, what would something like these be worth restored to this condition as opposed to a “as new” unrestored originals?

[@johnandrew00]

I’d say around $1500 to $2000

[@davidf.8497]

Just a great and detailed video. Thanks. One question, though, what's the glue you're using (brand)?

[@alk3myst]

Yo, I got some shoes off the power lines! :) Great video.

[@satarez5151]

"Which is more than enough for...certain occasions" IS CRAZY

[@girligirlish1]

ngl i clicked on this expecting it to be you just thoroughly cleaning the shoes ect not literally remaking them by hand.. you get a like for all the hardwork

[@brandonwilson930]

Man you done snapped

[@Kickz_er]

love the content. respect sir

[@lildirtnap1198]

mad respect

[@rb0b836]

You’re the goat John

[@STURDYSTANCE]

Unbelievable 😵‍💫🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@johnandrew00]

[@cardguys]

What did they sell for?

[@kixtonjordan9521]

If you made patterns off all the pieces while you had the shoe apart you could basically create your own og aj1s

[@Vexorgthedestroyer]

I can't figure out why you removed the original outsoles?

[@shoesclean1]

You are the best

[@damienjeremyweir4543]

bro went in on those : ) * an on foot would have been the nutz

[@pninja24]

I have a pair of Griffey 96. Air bladder is toast. Yellow brittle and cracked. Can you get new bladders to restore them?

[@willn8664]

For $20k , those sneakers should be able to restore themselves.

[@sendforacar9323]

You should wet the leather before you iron and then set to dry under weights. You can use two pieces of drywall with weights on top.

[@DashDrones]

🎵 "Jason Manolo" 🎶 Oh no wait, was thinking of someone else..

[@johnandrew00]

🤣

[@chevy-bull2041]

So when I watched for the first few minutes, I thought to myself "$20,000 for sneakers?" But I seem to remember that shoes were actually made especially for Jordan. I just never thought that they were so expensive. But whatever. The work you then did was absolutely insane. Unpicking everything, airbrushing, lining and sewing it back together exactly through the old seam holes - if that isn't love of your job... You would never get a job like that at "Mister Minit" (in Germany you can get shoes repaired there (glue on the sole - done). Unfortunately, the profession of shoemaker is dying out more and more.

[@motorcopT2]

I have a pair of Bo’ Jackson’s signed cleats with sod still on the soles. Unfortunately the cleats have separated from the shoe exactly like these. I’m am scared to touch them. 😞

[@digitalblasphemy1100]

This is my first video so I have a question. The donor shoes; they seem to be in perfect condition. I’m confused how this works.

[@joshuaayala3477]

nice job

[@cloverking1717]

How much do you think you can get for restoring the shoes??

[@msheidiyodel]

29:31 😮😢dang that looked painful