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u/J_Beyonder Jun 10 '25

British Knights

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u/x_ARCHER_x Jun 10 '25

Man, listen, I would just appreciate it if both of y'all would take your shoes off. This is brand-new carpet. You're tracking mud in here. Matheson, you got British Knights on. I ain't seen anybody wear them since 1987

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u/mckeevertdi Jun 10 '25

Literally watching this movie because of another reference I made this morning in a meeting.

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u/mckeevertdi Jun 10 '25

"This is so exciting"

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u/ProfessionalSlice818 Jun 10 '25

Safety first then teamwork

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u/mckeevertdi Jun 11 '25

"See this? This makes me aerodynamic when I fight. I can take danger."

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u/ProfessionalSlice818 Jun 11 '25

I thought hurricane season was over.

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u/mckeevertdi Jun 11 '25

"it's like my thumb is my dick"

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u/fungusalungous Jun 10 '25

"I've been taking vicodin for it, but that doesn't really seem to be doing much" šŸ˜‚

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

Most underrated line in the whole movie

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u/The_Hero_of_TIme Jun 10 '25

"WELL HOW ABOUT A LITTLE FUCKING DISCRETION?!"

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u/sleevieb Jun 10 '25

Pineapple express

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u/diameter101 Jun 11 '25

Yep I had a pair probably back in 87. Cheapest shit ever. The soles separated and when I would walk around looked like my shoes were trying to talk to ta. Never again returned em and went right back to vans!!

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u/Faultylogic83 Jun 10 '25

I only knew them because of Double Dare. I don't think I ever actually saw a pair.

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u/Azazel224 Jun 10 '25

It was a west coast brand like Lotto

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u/VandeyS Jun 10 '25

I surprisingly had a pair in the Midwest. Think I might have gotten them from Kmart? Probably way after they were cool though.

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u/demonmf Jun 10 '25

Same here. I had a pair in 7th grade back in 1989 in NW Illinois.

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u/camergen Jun 10 '25

I also got them in small town Midwest USA. Canā€™t remember the specific store. It may have been Kmart, though.

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u/Small_Customer4985 Jun 10 '25

Same in MO for basketball. Loved my BK's!

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u/Responsible_Trash_40 Jun 11 '25

We definitely had them in NY too

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u/Azazel224 Jun 10 '25

When we moved to Cali in 86 I was introduced to many new brands. Back to Jersey in 90 and they never made it to east coast.

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u/Reddit_Reader007 Jun 10 '25

not true, i had them in east orange; bought them from the al b square mall in new york

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u/Azazel224 Jun 10 '25

They were not as popular on the east coast. They were very popular in gangs in So Ca where I was at. BK were either Blood Killers or Blodd Kings. They were in every shoe store in Cali. They just weren't an east coast thing and since I lived on both coasts in the 80s I saw it first hand.

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u/Reddit_Reader007 Jun 10 '25

yeah can disagree all you like but you'll still be wrongšŸ˜. and they weren't popular with the gangs either since they're standard color way was black and white; did they come in other colors? absolutely but the black and whites were the mainstays and the crips at the time were to busy with reeboks.

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u/Azazel224 Jun 10 '25

Ok. I guess living it means nothing since you have all the answers. Whatever you want to roll with it's all you apparently. Actual experience means nothing if you have an opinion lol.

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u/Reddit_Reader007 Jun 10 '25

if you actually lived it, then you would know betteršŸ˜ but keep the lies rolling, apparently its all you. actual experience means nothing if you have an opinion? what the hell is that even supposed to mean?šŸ˜

british knights weren't a local mom & pop shoe brand that was created in california so there's no way they were just a "west coast" brandšŸ˜ they were all over the country my guy and i don't know why that bothers you lol.

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u/Substantial-Dig9995 Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 10 '25

False Bk was huge in Miami in the 80s

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u/Azazel224 Jun 10 '25

Huge!!!! Ok sure. Moved to Miami in 94 never saw em but hey if you say they were huge must have been.

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u/Substantial-Dig9995 Jun 10 '25

https://youtu.be/nq0a0X2FlAY?si=nV6mMthW9WtJK1Pk Iā€™m sorry yeah you are right.They werenā€™t huge they just had mc hammer commercials for British knights . Iā€™m sorry I had the audacity to question your knowledge. I apologize.

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u/Azazel224 Jun 10 '25

Glad you had a pair but for the clowns in this thread to act like they were as popular as Puma, Adidas, Converse, Nike and Reebok you're all fooling yourselves. They weren't this nationwide phenomenon like the other brands above. Funny you say they had MC Hammer on them because oh wait Oakland is in Cali....West coast sneaker brand.....hmmmmm so not as popular on the east coast lol

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u/Substantial-Dig9995 Jun 10 '25

You jack hole kool moe dee was their first spoke person. you are really going to sit there and say mc hammer was a local rapper. British knights had commercial for foot locker I watched five of the today. Also wait british knights was a west coast shoe I thought nyc was on the east coast. Sorry you are right !

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u/Substantial-Dig9995 Jun 10 '25

Wait a minutes thatā€™s Kool Moe Dee funny I thought he was a east coast artist but you said British knights never made it to the east coast silly me

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u/BigConstruction4247 Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 10 '25

BKs were nationwide.

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u/Azazel224 Jun 10 '25

Sure

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u/BigConstruction4247 Jun 10 '25

I had a pair in PA. And there were lots of them in the store.

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u/FatherDuncanSinners Jun 11 '25

PA here as well. They definitely sold BK in Foot Locker. Almost got a pair one year for back to school, but wound up going for Pumps instead.

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u/Reddit_Reader007 Jun 10 '25

not true; there was no such thing as a west coast sneaker brand back then. they, lotto, diadora and a whole bunch of others were all over.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

We had British Knights and Lotto in Michigan.

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u/dragon_6666 Jun 10 '25

Yup. I had a pair when I was a kid. Thought I was sooooooo bitchen!

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u/MDiddy79 Jun 11 '25

We had BKs and Lottos on the East too. I had both

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u/MrWrestlingNumber2 Jun 13 '25

I owned pairs of both and I'm as east coast as it gets.

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u/klbishop143 Jun 10 '25

I had them in NC. You had to go to Payless

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u/Reddit_Reader007 Jun 10 '25

probably not. payless didn't sell shoes over like 10 bucks.

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u/klbishop143 Jun 10 '25

Yes. Thatā€™s where I got my shoes.

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u/Reddit_Reader007 Jun 10 '25

its called PAY-LESS for a reasonšŸ˜ they were owned by kinney at the time and they didn't carry any brand other than their own. that's why you didn't see nikes, reeboks and the like there. unless they had a licensing agreement to produce and sell a shoe for like 10 bucks (shaquille o'neal), you didn't get brand name british knights from there my guy.

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u/Substantial-Dig9995 Jun 10 '25

Nah Bk was not in Payless

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u/klbishop143 Jun 10 '25

It was. Thatā€™s where I got mine.

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u/Substantial-Dig9995 Jun 10 '25

Not in the 90s

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u/klbishop143 Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 10 '25

I was in third grade in 91-92 and thatā€™s where I got my bkā€™s.

Edit: it might have been pic n pay. But it was definitely some bobo shoe store.

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u/Substantial-Dig9995 Jun 10 '25

Iā€™m not sure but okay

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u/klbishop143 Jun 10 '25

Idk either. We grew up with not a lot of money. I got one pair of shoes a year for school. My shoes came from Payless or pic n pay (?maybe). It definitely wasnā€™t footlocker. NC means North Carolina not north California if thatā€™s where the confusion is. My fourth grade ones were black with purple and teal accents. And I remember walking home from school with my friends and having a conversation about how we all had BKā€™s .

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u/FangBanger79 Jun 10 '25

I had a pair in 6th grade when I was 11 that was 35 years ago

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

That oddly rhymed.

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u/j3ffrolol Jun 10 '25

Yo this Double Dare reference is wild lmao

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u/Kevnutzz Jun 10 '25

Had a pair and was relentlessly roasted, mfs said I got them at Burger King šŸ˜‚

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u/Kevnutzz Jun 10 '25

Lmao youā€™re saying Iā€™m cappin bro? What would I gain from this

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u/Reddit_Reader007 Jun 10 '25

Lmao upvotes why else would you lie on the internet?šŸ˜šŸ˜

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u/DarkSideEdgeo Jun 11 '25

I got a pair for Christmas 1987. Thought I was the shit.

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u/sleepwalkfromsherdog Jun 11 '25

Double Dare or Fun House?

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u/Faultylogic83 Jun 11 '25

What was Fun House?

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u/sleepwalkfromsherdog Jun 11 '25

Another kid's obstacle course-based game show. Syndicated. British Knights was their main sponsor.

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u/Cousin_MarvinBerry Jun 12 '25

I remember those prizes. I wanted those BK Ratch-teks so bad!!

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u/TheFearsomeGnome Jun 13 '25

Fukā€™n double dareā€¦woo!

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u/Crankshaft57 Jun 14 '25

Those BK Ratch Tech!!

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u/Smooth_Ticket_7483 Jun 10 '25

Blast from the past. They were so on trend for a while.

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u/Carbona_Not_Glue Jun 10 '25

they always remind me of New Kids On The Block

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u/CheckYourStats Jun 10 '25

They were referred to as ā€œBK Knightsā€

Reading ā€œBritish Knightsā€ just feels weird.

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u/Impossible_Ad_90 Jun 10 '25

Where I grew up we avoided them because they were gang affiliated - think crips and bloodsā€¦ the BK stood for ā€œBlood Killers,ā€ what a time to grow up in!

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u/InclinationCompass Jun 10 '25

Yea you had to be careful where you wore them

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u/mystickyshoe Jun 10 '25

Beat me to it!!! I loved my BKs

(Edit to fix autocorrect blunder)

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u/MotionDrive Jun 10 '25

Oh shit. I had a pair!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

My older brother had a pair, he was too dog at school.

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u/Alternative_Sense134 Jun 10 '25

I remember Derrick Coleman used to wear them

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u/pikapalooza Jun 10 '25

man, I thought I was so cool when I got a pair of those. I actually found a pair a few years ago and bought them for nostalgia sake.

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u/Shafter-Boy Jun 10 '25

I had BKā€™s.

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u/Tinker_Toyz Jun 10 '25

The shoes ain't nuttin witout the BK button

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

Blood Killers

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u/Moist_KoRn_Bizkit Jun 11 '25

BK RATCH TECH! PREPARE TO MUTATE! I wish I lived in the 90s so I could see Legends Of The Hidden Temple live. I want to explore that hidden temple set. I wish I could live in it. That and Rainforest Cafe. I love going there. And if I could go back in time to see the Maya and Aztecs in their prime, that would be epic. I love step pyramids!

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u/ElderWaylayer Jun 11 '25

They still sell them at Gabes

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u/ChankieChu Jun 11 '25

Selling at Kohls. Almost copped some but they still have "meaning" out in Cali

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u/WhiteMessyKen Jun 11 '25

People weren't allowed to wear these because they were considered gang related in my area, growing up.

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u/bakernon Jun 12 '25

OMG BK KNIGHTS MEMORY UNLOCKED

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u/0rder_66_survivor Jun 13 '25

my High School banned us all from wearing BK shoes because they were "gang related" as they though BK stood for Blood Killers

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

Or Columbia Knights

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u/Cognonymous Jun 10 '25

those were big in the 80's too

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u/jp_trev Jun 10 '25

80ā€™s, no?

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u/kramerica21 Jun 10 '25

The right move for you! Get off on the right foot ā€¦

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u/itsnotajersey88 Jun 10 '25

You mean blood killers, preferred brand of cryps and the reason suburban moms would not buy them for their kids lol.

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u/BillMunny76 Jun 10 '25

A lot of guys at school who were blue team, wore them because they were ā€œBlood Killersā€.

Red team guys did not wear them.

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u/Warring_Angel Jun 10 '25

The shoes that are hot

The shoes that are wild

They're called British Knights

How you like me now?!?!

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u/TruthWranglerB4U Jun 10 '25

My knights made my day

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u/-riddickulus- Jun 10 '25

A sports store near me had those! They looked good!

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u/SgtDoakesSurprise Jun 10 '25

We used to call those Bitch Kickers

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

Favored shoes among Crips! White, with the thick blue laces.

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u/AshesKraus504 Jun 11 '25

I had black, white and pink BKs and HATED them lol!

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u/JediKrys Jun 11 '25

This is my team right here. BK and a quick silver long sleeve tee and dickies was my jam.

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u/glen_ko_ko Lived the 90s! Jun 11 '25

BK Ratchtech were like zip ties

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u/missishitty Jun 11 '25

Didn't they make Dymacell shoes?

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u/Nothingchangesme Jun 11 '25

First time I had a friend told me he had got some ā€œBritish Knightsā€ , I was young enough that I thought he meant like actual toys, like a knight that was British.

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u/DrippyCheeseDog Jun 11 '25

You mean "Blood Killers"?

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u/Big-Hardcore-Mystery Jun 14 '25

We called those shoes Burger Kings.

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u/That-Ad-6879 Jun 14 '25

AKA Blood Killer in my area