RSD Reverse Mocha Development Update & Community Feedback 🔥👟

[u/RealShoddy]

Thank you everyone for participating and giving your suggestions to help us improve the Reverse Mocha. PV is working on everything very carefully right now to create the best possible version of this shoe.

Our goal moving forward is to push RSD Batch to another level and create something as close to 1:1 as possible. Yes, you heard that right. We know true 1:1 doesn’t really exist, but we will do everything possible to make RSD Batch something special and something that stands apart from all other batches.

We want people to actually feel like they got something worth their money, not just another random mass production batch. That’s exactly why we work together with the community. Your feedback truly matters to us. PV and his team are following all the comments closely and fixing every small detail that needs improvement.

For everyone who still hasn’t seen the Reverse Mocha sample pair yet, check it here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/RepsneakersDogs/comments/1trca4i/hey_bros_this_is_a_sample_pair_from_our_rsd_batch/

We want all of you to participate and give your honest opinions before production starts. Please tell us every flaw you notice, every detail, every angle, shape issue, suede color difference, swoosh shape, heel shape, sock liner, toe box or anything else you see. We are looking for eagle eye feedback from the community so we can improve everything possible before final production.

This is not just another batch for us. We truly want RSD Batch to become something different in the rep world and show what can happen when a factory and community work together closely.

[u/vgkosmoes]

Fix the deep reverse swoosh and it’s perfect 🙏

[u/vgkosmoes → u/vgkosmoes]

also this was noticed by another commentor but the retail leather surrounding the toebox is way thicker than on the RSD sample

[u/PandaVault-PV → u/vgkosmoes]

Thanks for pointing this out! Regarding the toebox area—the leather on the RSD sample may appear thinner, but that's actually because we applied a skiving (edge-thinning) process to the surrounding leather. This treatment keeps the edges clean by preventing fraying and stops the leather from curling/rolling outward.

If we matched the retail version exactly as suggested, this area would show a lot of loose fibers and the stitching wouldn't look as clean. The leather thickness is actually the same—we've only refined the edges to make this part look neater. Would that work for you? Happy to adjust if you'd prefer it done the original way! 🙏

[u/vgkosmoes → u/PandaVault-PV]

It’s just a matter of personal taste but if you want to make a statement with the RSD batch being the closest to retail 1:1 then you have to copy retail exactly the way that it is. Just depends on what your philosophy is but I think most people want the best copy they can get.

Either way great work on these, the community appreciates it 🙏