Vick Almighty Creates The FIRST Air Jordan 3-4 Fusion Custom
Vick Almighty is back with another Jordan Fusion.
In case you missed it, Vick made the first Jordan 3 and 4 Fusion using the A Ma Maniere collaboration a few weeks back. The pair was so popular that A Ma Maniere founder James Whitner even commented on the project.
After everyone's seen the Jordan 3 upper on the Jordan 4 sole, it's time to put the Jordan 4 upper on the Jordan 3 sole. Instead of doing it on the leftover A Ma Maniere pair, Vick decided to use the Air Jordan 3 "Black Cement" and the Air Jordan 4 "Bred" colorways for this next fusion.
Like the last project, Vick will have the Jordan 3 upper on the Jordan 4 sole and the Jordan 4 upper on the Jordan 3 sole. To start, Vick removes the stitching on both toe caps. Vick uses a heated-up flathead to complete this step to make sure no damage is caused to the shoes. However, it's a very lengthy process. Vick will use a blade to remove both backtabs.
The project started when Vick found a defective pair of the "Black Cement" Air Jordan 3s. The tongues were way too short, so Vick will have to figure that one out later.
Vick pours acetone onto the shoes and uses the steamer to easily rip the uppers from the soles. Then, it's dremmeling time. More prep work continues as Vick cuts the excess material off and starts skiving.
Since the tongues are too short, Vick goes into the boneyard of past projects to hopefully find a solution. Thankfully, he comes across the tongue of the "Chi" Jordan 3 from a past project.
The Fusion officially began when Vick started sewing the upper and tongues together with black thread. Then, it was time to work on the heel tabs. The boneyard came clutch again as the backtab from a previous Jordan 4 project helped Vick fill in the gaps on the Fusion.
Vick runs into a slight problem as the highest point of the Jordan 4 upper meets with the lowest point of the Jordan 3 sole. A leather filler is definitely going to be needed, but that's an issue for later.
The project is one step closer to being finished as Vick starts locking the pairs together.
Vick then returns to the leather filler, applying some to the area before letting it sit to sand it later. Then, it's time to add the lasting boards.
Vick returns to the soles by stitching the Jordan 4 upper with the Jordan 3 sole with new white thread and using the original grey thread of the Jordan 3 upper to the Jordan 4 sole.
Instead of sanding the leather filler area and risking ruining the pair, Vick applies black paint.
All that's left is to lace them up. Before Vick shows the final product, he wants to bring the boxes into the project. He'll use the bottom grey elephant print of the Jordan 3 box and combine it with the top cement print of the Jordan 3 box to house the Fusion. He'll also add the label of the other shoe onto the box.
The project came out great, and Vick can't wait to wear them in the future. Maybe even get to meet Tinker Hatfield himself.
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