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Featured Tie, 100% Imported English Wool Houndstooth

This weeks featured tie is made of 100% imported English wool. It is a tightly woven Grey and Brown houndstooth pattern. All our neckties are handmade in Calgary, Canada. We find the best quality fabrics possible and turn them into classy ties for gentlemen!

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Handmade Ties Advertisement

This advertisement demonstrates why we feel we make the best ties you can find online, or anywhere for that matter. Hands, family and passion is the perfect combination to produce your ties. All of our ties and bows are proudly handmade in Canada and the USA. 

The Tie Guy, Cool Lighting Series.

Fashion blogger (click here for his blog) and instagrammer (@thetieguy) Taylor recently took some photos of our luxury wool ties. He is pictured here wearing the Grey and Brown Wool Houndstooth as well as the Brown and Red Wool Houndstooth handmade ties. We really liked the lighting in these images, especially the window pieces. Good job Taylor!

Downloadable Tie Care Tips

As a followup to our earlier article (click here to view it), we created a simple graphic with our tie care tips. A lot of these tips are interchangeable with bow ties as well. When you purchase beautiful handmade men's accessories, you want them to last a long time. Our ties are made with top quality fabrics and we want you to enjoy them for many many years.

Feel free to save this image for future reference.

February Weekly Tie Feature

We thought we would write a quick blog post to show off our latest tie as well let you know about our weekly tie promotions. For all February we will feature a different tie every week. The tie will be on sale for that given week.

We are proud of our unique and cool handmade mens accessories; we want to place the spotlight on something different every week for the next month! Feel free to leave us a comment below.

The tie pictured below is a beautiful vintage donegal tweed we were happy to find some decent yardage of. This is one cool tie that remains very classy! The fabric is very soft and super high quality.

 

The dressedtoill series

A while back, we blogged about dressedtoill (click here for the original blog article). His blog contains some great ideas to liven up even your current wardrobe. Rob's style bridges many stereotypes, and he gives the reasons for it! You will see formal attire mixed with casual pieces, great layering ideas and some fresh combinations. We are happy to have done a promotion with Rob (the man behind dressedtoill). He represented our handmade products and brand well. Here are a few of our favourite shots from his posts.

Click here to visit the dressedtoill blog.

 

Travel necessity, the duffel bag.

The duffel bag is almost a necessity for almost every gentlemen. It is perfect for almost any kind of trip, whether it be an overnight, weekend or long road trip. Due to the nature of travel, it is often hard on luggage. Bags and suitcases get crammed, thrown and generally abused. That is why it may be cheaper to buy quality. 

We have just discovered another local Calgary artisan, Eric Goodwin who owns EG Forge. EG Forge hand-makes high quality bags and accessories in his downtown studio right here in Calgary! Check out his site by clicking here!

 

We are particularly fond of this Legacy Duffel in Dark Coffee. It is handmade with waterproof waxed canvas and oil tanned leather. The hardware is solid brass and will look great for the long life of the duffel.

New Tie Knots - Trinity and Eldredge Knots

One of the more recent trends in neckwear is tying fancy knots. Our friend Kyle, owner of Black Label Auto Group (check out his site here), sent in a couple images he tied using these two different knots. We are curious on what you think about these knots. Feel free to leave a comment below with your opinion. Cool, cheesy, ugly? Let us know. 

Titanium Collar Stays

Collar stays are obviously a must for any gentlemen with formal wear in their closet. Our search for good collar stays took us to the Cool Material website. These titanium collar stays may cost $30.95 USD for a pair, but your getting a lot more than just collar stays... 

These stays can do all of the following (and possibly more)

- Keep your collar rigid

- Open bottles

- Turn screws

- Cut threads

Click here to visit cootmaterial.com for these collar stays and other interesting items.

Proper Tie Care

 "Even more important than the way you wear your tie is the way you store it."

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