Having doubts about the authenticity of a pair of Jordan 3 Retro OG Black Cement 2018 and need a legit check? Follow this resourceful guide full of photos, videos, and notable differences that will help you determine whether a pair is 100% authentic or fake.
Here is a photo of a 100% authentic pair of Jordan 3 OG Black Cement 2018. This pair was purchased on Nike.com
Here is a photo of the box. Take a close look at the fonts and boldness. It should read:
AIR JORDAN 3 RETRO OG
BLACK/FIRE RED-CEMENT GREY NOIR/ GRIS CIMENT/ROUGE FEU
854262 001
Suggested Retail: $200
Here is a closeup of the side of the elephant print on the side of the sneaker. There should be 1 line of stitching with a small space on the top. Also, the air bubble is white.
Here are a couple pictures of the toe box. There are 2 rows of stitching on the elephant print on the toe and another 2 rows of stitching on the toe. Fakes are known to have bad stitching and spacing
Here is a closeup of the Jumpman on the tongue. There should be a small red part of the tongue showing on top of the grey leather
Here is a photo of the Nike Air on the back heel tab. There are 5 layered rows on top, Make sure the KE on NIKE are connected. N and I are not connected.
Here is a photo of the size tag. Please keep in mind production dates and the factory codes can be different. On this pair the dates read 09/26/17 and style code is 854262-001. Also, the Nike Factory code is LN3 on this pair.
Nike Air is written in black on the red insoles
Here is a photo of the bottom of the sneakers. The stars closer to the toe are much more defined and have 5 points. There should be a red circle with evenly spaced red circles around.
The Nike Air Hangtag was attached to the left sneaker on the top eyelet
Video by Unbreakable Kicks
29 comments
What does LNM mean on the tongue and not LN3 ??
Ray I believe the LN4 is just a different factory code. I have 3 pairs and 2 pairs say LN3 and 1 Pair LNM I believe it just might have been in a different Nike Factory but if everything else is adding up to be real I think they’re real. What sucks is because of all these bogus pairs out there when we do get real pairs we sit here and be fine tooth comb the to the to death and worry so much that we have a fake pair of but I’m certain all these pairs are real
Ugh I bought mine from Champs opening day and it has LN4. Everything else in terms of the real vs fake thing matches up to real except the LN3 part. Whats up with that?
Also the production dates on all three pairs are from June to end of September
I purchase three pairs online from eBay and two of the pair’s inside the tongue the code is ln3 and one of the pair’s is LNM I’m noticing the leather on two of the pairs of super soft and really tumbled and one of the pair’s is not as tumbled and more firm the Box bottoms two of them look the same one of them’s a different switched up on one side overall they look legit I’m just wondering if when they produce these if they had little difference?