Tie brands we may not have heard of (but are worth knowing)

[Claghorn]

We all know affiliate vendors and their wares. And we also know those affiliated (non-commercially) with SF (Shibumi, Hober, Vanda, P.I., etc). And we know the big SF friendly names (Cappelli, Drakes, etc). But I pretty much find myself drawing a blank beyond those, especially when it comes to good ties priced between 60 and 100 dollars. Brands along the lines of Mountain and Sackett and, uh, well, that's my damn point.

SF Family
Henry Carter
Kent Wang
Howard Yount
Vanda
Post Imperial
Exquisite Trimmings
Sam Hober
Shibumi
Yellow Hook
The smaller brands NMWA/ET/etc offer
Panta
Conrad Wu

Big Brands (anything likely to be carried by resellers like Sid Mashburn, Shop the Finest, NMWA, ET, etc))
Drakes
Cappelli
E Marinella
Breuer
Finamore
(probably others, but this isn't the focus of the thread)

Obscure Brands of Good Quality???
Mountain and Sackett
Chipp2
Berg & Berg
Benson & Clegg
Sid Mashburn

So. Yeah. Crowdsourcing!

 

[in stitches]

I have a few Battisti (sp?) ties from eHaberdasher and they are exemplary. Sadly, the ones I have were bought at the beginning of my SF days and I chose some rather shiny offerings. =[

The Bigi and Calabrese from NMWA are also excellent.

Also lets not forget Yellow Hook Neckties!

 

[Claghorn]

Thanks for the reminder about YH. Bigi and Calabrese are fantastic, though being carried by NMWA, I think most of us are aware of them.

 

[Claghorn]

@kulata
@jrd617
@sugarbutch
@Cleav

 

[jrd617]

Conrad Wang
Antonio Muro
Tie Your Tie
Berg and Berg
Arcuri Cravatte
Knottery
Petronious
Holliday and Brown
Benson and Clegg
Barba
Sid Mashburn
Chipp2
Ben Silver

 

[steffenbp11]

+1 for barba

I will add Arthur and Fox - best knits I own. Fiorio also worth a mention. They make a lot of stuff for other brands.

 

[Claghorn]

I hesitate to put Berg & Berg and Chipp in the mix. Not sure if their quality warrants it, but meh, why not.

Some of the others either don't have online stores (though I'd list the online stores that might carry them) or are carried by an AV already (by NMWA or ET or the like)

 

[Fred G. Unn]

E. Marinella
Breuer

 

[Claghorn]

If it were only wider, I found a beautiful Beuer on sale for cheap.


http://www.thehouseofties.com/6176-breuer-wool-and-cashmere-gingham-tie-.html

 

[heldentenor]

No personal experience, but DonCologne has a few wool ties from Woods of Shropshire that look good and don't cost a fortune.

 

[Claghorn]

I thought of them, but I've never seen anything from them that made a decent knot (suggesting poor lining, among other things). I know it isn't DonC as he knots other stuff fairly decently (if I recall).

 

[hbkshin]

I don't know if Battistoni is "obscure" but I love their ties and they don't seem to get much love.

 

[Fred G. Unn]



If it were only wider, I found a beautiful Beuer on sale for cheap.

The NMLC at Franklin Mills in Philly gets mainline Bergdorf stuff. I've gotten 4 or 5 Breuers there and have all been excellent. It's a brand that doesn't get a lot of love around here, but when I can find them $40-70 there, they are a pretty good deal.

 

[Claghorn]

Breur also makes ties for Unipair. Or maybe Unipair just carries them. I don't recall. But they were nice when I handled them.

 

[Seamless]



E. Marinella
Breuer

I have a few Marinella ps and ties. Beautiful pieces.