to goo units or not to goo them

Darkshredder · Post by **Darkshredder** » 15 Feb 2008 08:30

hey guys just a quick thought I wanted to put in front of the community before I went ahead and did anything stupid. . So anyone who has played with g-units knows that there's a chance the toe box will be left with a high wall where the leather or the rest of the shoe resumes (right at the tip) and that this wall can catch the bag for things like pixie and fairy and that sort of thing.

So this is what I was thinking. Put shoe goo on the "ledge" to smooth out the area and cover up the problem area. Not putting goo on the rest of the toe box. Just the tip edge.

I'm not sure what the cons of this would be but I just wanted to throw this idea out there in case people had any thoughts one way or the other. Thanks

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 15 Feb 2008 10:30

Never had problems doing pixie or fairy with G-units, with the walls in place. It's all technique.

Lace the walls, and focus on delaying the bag without relying on the walls.

You can always trim the walls, but imo I think that mod is unnecessary.

Sorry if I had to instantly kill this topic with this post.

Psilocybe · Post by **Psilocybe** » 15 Feb 2008 13:14

I don't understand your post pat. Are you talking about the ridge that forms around the toe? The ridge is definitely not a problem for pixie/fairy, its only a problem for toe kicks. I would recommend cutting them down as far as possible (but be careful), and then use a metal file or something to make them extra short. But I have thought about the shoe glue solution as well. If you do it lets us know.

Darkshredder · Post by **Darkshredder** » 15 Feb 2008 16:37

yeah I guess I didn't explain well. But yeah that's what I mean. The toe edge. I was under the impression to leave some of the leather on at the end of the toe box. That's not right? If not, then I'll just cut it off. And yeah it really only affects toe kicks I suppose. I may just be impatient about pixies and fairies. They're different than lavers - - sooo yeah. I'll just adapt.

thanks for the help, guys!

Psilocybe · Post by **Psilocybe** » 16 Feb 2008 15:39

I know at least Blitz(did) and Ken leave leather on the edge. Ken has had problems with the cloth ripping at the seam, but I haven't. Blitz left leather there to prevent toe kicks from flinging the bag back at you.

I would say cut the edge as flush as possible. Today no toe kicks flung back at me and I did a ton. If they do fling back at you, just adjust the style of the kicks.

Plus cutting it down makes your toe area way bigger.

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 16 Feb 2008 16:56

Wait, you mean the area where the leather covers the toebox? I just leave a bit of that leather on the edges where the toewall flaps were originally stitched into the shoe, so that some of it still connects with the toe and the tongue. As for the ridge, I use a pair of curved scissors (I think they're used for cutting toenails and whatever - you can buy them at any drug/99 cent store), and I trimm them down as much as possible.

Never had any problems with toe kicks, though.