NB MT580 Stray Rats Khaki pink - a photo on Flickriver

NB MT580 Stray Rats Khaki pink

            These were originally released only in Japan, I think it was 1998.

I am not hundred percent sure about the exact year of its release now, but I think it was either 1996 or 1998.  

I bought 3 pairs of these in 1998 and wore one of these to Boston.  

The MT 580 may be the most underrated NB classic shoes silhouette ever. 

The materials on these shoes are great. The Nubuck or suede upper is normally thick, and often times better than the suede or nubuck on the GR 991 or 990 series shoes.  Many people just misunderstand the quality levels of NB shoes as the Made series the highest or best, but it is not the case many times. 

Normally, the Made series shoes are tiny bit better than the rest of NB shoes in terms of material quality and overall finishing quality, but the QC on these seems a bit worse than the shoes like the MT580, the 90/60 or the 2002R series shoes as the shoe labors in US or UK are less experienced than their main shoes plant in Asia.  

As their Chinese factory makes the biggest number of NB Lifestyle shoes or majority of NB shoes, their shoemakers get more opportunities to become really killed and therefore their high-end shoes like the 2002R and 90/60 series shoes seem to have the best QC of all the major NB shoes. 

At least it's my impression and I think many long-time NB shoes fans know that although all the online based shoe reviewers comfortably ignore this fact. 

These MT580 Castlerock and especially the Stray Rats collaboration colorways are super well-made and extremely underrated. I wonder if they'd been released worldwide in the initial launch of this silhouette in 1998, they would've become a bit more popular silhouette by now?

I really don't understand why online sneaker forums kind of ignore or shun them, but they are really good shoes.  I think the material quality of this particular pair is a class higher than most Made series shoes, they are that good.  Simply criminally underrated series.  I especially love this Stray Rats collaboration series. 
I should have bought the Burgundy pair too but missed them.  

BTW, the upper materials on this colorway are mix of Cordura nylon with some seriously thick nubuck leather, not suede.  Many careless sneaker review channels on YouTube spreading some real wrong info on them that the upper leather material on these is hairy suede, it is nubuck, not cheap hairy suede.

Taken on: September 13, 2023

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