A leather upper on a Mercurial. Not a mix that
sounds completely natural. The material is however not entirely foreign
to the silo, which has appeared in leather a couple of times. Now Nike
bring back the kangaroo leather on the Mercurial with the Tech Craft
Pack.
It’s hard to argue against that Nike’s Mercurial Superfly
is among the most popular boots in the world, if not the most popular.
Nike also quickly discovered that this is the silo, for which people
longed for a leather upper the most.
The Tech Craft Pack is the result of this demand. By fusing leather
and Flyknit together, Nike have created a new football boot, which
combines the best of two worlds. This combination was important for Nike
to have,because it wasn’t just about putting a leather upper on their
Mercurial. It was first and foremost about maintaining the attributes,
which makes the Mercurial so popular.
Nike have therefore developed K-Fuse. A technology that allows Nike
to fuse kangaroo leather onto Flyknit. For the Mercurial it was
important for Nike to maintain the minimalistic expression, which this
silo represents. Nike therefore designed the leather upper without any
texture, apart from the microtexture, which the Flyknit upper delivers.
That way Nike stay faithful to the silo we know and love.
The Tech Craft Pack is launched as an alternative to
players, who want comfort, touch and the protection a leather boot
provides. We have already seen Alexis Sanchez train in them and we can’t
wait to see him wear them into action (We hope he does in any case).
Will you be following in his footsteps?
The Hypervenom is Nike’s latest piece of innovation from
their great box of tricks. Yesterday they added a bit of innovation to
their innovation, with the new Tech Craft Pack. A collection designed to
give new life to the traditional leather upper. Check out the pictures
of the Hypervenom right here.
Yesterday
we were introduced to something completely new from Nike, as they
brought out the Tech Craft Pack. A collection, which is the result of
several talks between Nike and their players, all the way from amateur
level to top professionals. Here Nike learned that there was a great
demand for alternatives to their current silos - in leather.
Unlike
on the Mercurial and Magista, which both are made from a Flyknit upper,
Nike had to find an alternative way to fuse together a leather upper
and the Hypervenom’s NikeSkin. This resulted in a high-frequency fusion
technique, which is usually used on tents, rubber dinghy and outdoor
advertising banners. Who said a football boot was ‘just a football
boot’?
This
Hypervenom Tech Craft Pack comes with an upper that is partly made from
K-leather and comes in both FG, SG-Pro and AG, just like the rest of
the collection. The K-leather upper has been added to take advantage of
some of the attributes, which makes leather unique. It’s things like
greater comfort, a more controlled touch on the ball and better
protection of the feet.
The
Hypervenom silo is made for the deadliest strikers in the world, like
Neymar, Rooney and Cavani. The last of the aforementioned will be
wearing this Tech Craft version on the pitch, when PSG try to improve on
last season.
