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5.10 Blackwings- Revived!
December 18, 2011, 07:03:12 pm
After being put off Hornets I am now considering Blackwings. I read through the previous thread and they got mixed reviews. Anybody used them since got anymore feedback or do I just stick with Dragons?
I know they are meant to be more Jet7-ish but I liked them, so thats fine.

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#1 Re: 5.10 Blackwings- Revived!
December 18, 2011, 07:13:11 pm
just make sure you get the right size.

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#2 Re: 5.10 Blackwings- Revived!
December 18, 2011, 07:19:48 pm
They sound too much like Hell's angels badges for me!

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#3 Re: 5.10 Blackwings- Revived!
December 18, 2011, 07:24:46 pm
Stallion, is that cos they dont stretch or just cos of 5.10s randomness?

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#4 Re: 5.10 Blackwings- Revived!
December 18, 2011, 07:39:37 pm
I think it's because you sell a lot of shoes on here as they apparently aren't the right size.

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#5 Re: 5.10 Blackwings- Revived!
December 18, 2011, 07:43:48 pm
Good point!

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#6 Re: 5.10 Blackwings- Revived!
January 20, 2012, 12:18:28 am
Does anyone know if they stretch at all?

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#7 Re: 5.10 Blackwings- Revived!
February 10, 2012, 03:13:20 pm
Can anyone who actually has these shoes confirm what rubber they use?

BananaFingers says mistique, Five Ten says Stealth HF but the images have them with C4. Images of people using them seem to show HF which is what I was hoping..

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#8 Re: 5.10 Blackwings- Revived!
February 10, 2012, 10:56:55 pm
For a very long time 5.10 didn't seem to know which rubber it was going to be. I saw samples with pretty much every possible option.

The production pair I just got seem to have HF on them. Dave, I am almost ashamed to say that 'wackblings' are much better than I expected. Not convinced they're better than Dragons but not bad.

I was never a Jet7 owner but they are at least superficially similar to Jet7 but they're very soft - much softer than I remember Jet7s being, although I could be miss-remembering Jet7s.

HTH, Iain

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#9 Re: 5.10 Blackwings- Revived!
February 10, 2012, 10:59:06 pm
Forgot to say, sizing is same as Dragons or Teams, close as I can judge.

 

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