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The smaller multi piece toe cap configuration was the original design for the Cab shoe - Full Cab and then Half Cab, but then at some point they changed it to the current single piece toe cap and side part to streamline it and I find it works better to remove the ollie / seam stitching issues that the original design had.
Can't determine exactly when, but even some shoes I had from the late 90s were already in the newer design, looking down from the top at the toe area.
I guess like a lot of Vans shoe models, as said the 92, the 33 DX and other reissues, they have brought back certain elements of old designs for nostalgia and whatever other reasons, but a little super glue / shoe goo and they still skate almost the same anyway.
Some people have said the original design rubs more on their pinky toe, which I can understand, much like the Sk8 version with stitching around that area too, but I guess it is down to the foot shape, or even the size of foot compared to the size of shoe.
Took me a long time to figure out that a 12 fits way better in Sk8 versions and the original version of Half Cabs compared to an 11 which just rubbed and hurt if I wore them for anything more than a quick session. I don't have easy access to half sizes here in AU, just in case anyone said try 11.5 which I did get a few of a while back, shipped from USA but not any more.
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