British Knights

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British Knights are a shoe. The company started in 1985 according to http://www.british-knights.de/, which also indicates the company was producing new models as of 2003.

These shoes were popular in the U.S. in the early 1990s and were often given away as prizes on popular Nickelodeon game shows such as "Double Dare". For many years, the company resisted endorsement by a professional athlete, a popular practice of many modern day apparel companies. Instead, they focused on being something of a Hip-Hop lifestyle alternative. This policy ended, however, with the endorsement of their new "Dymacel Technology" by Derrick Coleman of the New Jersey Nets and Xavier McDaniel of the New York Knicks.

Urban legend at the time said that the Crips street gang wore the shoes and took the "BK" logo to indicate "Blood Killer," in reference to the rival gang. Further rumor stated that a shoe company called Christian Knights would release shoes for the Bloods, with a "CK" to indicate "Crip Killer.'

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