First, a special thank you to our customers for their patience, kindness and understanding during this difficult time of new tariffs - only for packages going to the USA. An approximate breakdown is:
Regulatory fee $1.31
DHL fee per shipment for customs clearing and duty payments is $17
Import duty for ties - HTS number 6215.10.00 is 7.2%.
US tariff for imports from Thailand 19%
About 30% in total for duty, tariffs and fees - this is not exact.
The total is billed directly to you by DHL and is not included in the price that you pay us. We have no connection with the tariffs. When you use DHL they will collect the tariff and send it to the government for you.
Currently the tariffs are being argued in the courts (a recent decision went 7-4 against most tariffs) - It will go to the Supreme Court for the final decision.
Shipping via the Post Office for packages to the USA from many countries is currently not available due to the tariff situation. DHL Express is still available Worldwide.
On average around 10 business days to receive your order (includes the time to make your order - a signature is required) using DHL express. Around 12 days (no signature required) via the Post Office using ePacket Plus which has tracking.
Construction options are found in drop-down menus on the product pages.
The Tie Construction Options category has the options that aren't on the product pages.
Please email all questions before you order and ordering swatches to check color & texture is a very good idea as it is not possible to show exact colors on a computer monitor.
Kind regards,
David Hober
Watch how our bespoke ties are made:
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As Mentioned In GQ Magazine
Reviewed by Jeremy Freed, a writer for GQ men’s magazine. His brain is full of arcane knowledge like the difference between perlage and guillochage, Jeremy came to journalism via a degree in theater performance, he lives in Nova Scotia, Canada and is a fan of polar bear swims, birding, and beautiful ties.
The Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Operation
If you’re the type of person who appreciates knowing the origins of the wool that went into your suit jackets and dictating the precise dimensions of your shirt collars—or just want a tie that no one else has—you’ll want to bookmark this custom neckwear specialist. Unlike the other brands on this list, each Sam Hober tie is made to order, meaning you can spec yours out in a truly staggering range of options, including custom lengths, widths, and monogramming.
The Peak Lapel
A blog about men's style
It’s no secret I am pretty picky when it comes to my clothing. The way this manifests itself in the world of neckwear is that I really only like ties that are 7.5cm/3.00” wide at their widest point. More than that I find too wide (though sometimes I will allow up to 8cm/3.25”), and any slimmer and it starts to look like an anemic “skinny tie,” which I don’t like at all. Trouble is that most tie-makers these days don’t seem to agree with me on their tie widths. Even top-tier makers the likes of Drake’s or Hermes seem to make ties either skinnier, or fatter, than my preference. Never 7.5cm. Never happy.
Sure, places like The Tie Bar offer ties at my desired width, but I wanted a tie that is of quality, holds a great knot, and, ideally, has hand-rolled edges. Until I discovered Sam Hober, I had no real options. But then I discovered Sam Hober and I might never buy a tie from anywhere else again.
For starters, every single tie is custom made for the customer. You pick the fabric (everything from extensive Grenadines to silks to wools and linens), width, length, and finishing details. They make it to your requests, and will even adjust the pattern of the tie itself (think: the overall shape; where and how the tie gets narrower, etc) to your liking, based on the tie knot(s) you wear most frequently. They’ve got excellent customer service, are super responsive and helpful over email, are deeply knowledgable about their craft, and will get the whole thing to your door in around 10 days for right around $110 plus shipping.
Consider my mind blow, life changed, neck adorned with perfect ties henceforth. And so on. Check 'em out.
From Thailand, Custom Necktie Tailor Sam Hober Takes an Old Fashioned Approach to a Digital Age Business
Jake the reviewer is an expert on men’s style and fashion based in Washington, DC. He founded Modern Fellows in 2012
Thanks to the internet, Thailand-based custom necktie maker Sam Hober carefully manufactures custom ties for clients around the world. The company offers a variety of silk, wool, linen and cotton ties, scarves, and pocket squares to a global customer base while boasting of the largest selection of solid grenadines in the world. Modern Fellows ordered a tie from Sam Hober and, in the process, interviewed David Hober, who “handles the business side of things” for the company.
About Sam Hober
With a simple though functional website, no discernible presence on Facebook or Twitter, a policy against providing product to media for reviews, and what would appear to be much more blasé approach to press coverage (through an email conversation over several weeks this summer, David was earnest in his responses but appeared honestly unconcerned whether Modern Fellows wrote about him or not), the company lets its product, along with customer reviews in forums like Styleforum.net Pinterest and Askandyaboutclothes, do the talking.
In an era where U.S. consumers have been spoiled by free shipping and unconditional satisfaction guaranteed promises on e-commerce purchases Sam Hober’s policies are also old-school. Shipping for one or two ties to the US costs $26. While the company will refund or exchange a product due to a manufacturing defect, their official policy is to “not offer refunds or exchanges for any reason other than our errors.” David indicated that a tie could potentially be remade at a cost of $45 plus shipping if, for example, a customer were unhappy with the length, width or knot thickness. While their website explains that the company’s “limited refund policy helps us to keep our prices low,” it also means you better be pretty confident about what it is you are getting into before putting your money on the table.
As for the tie, I ordered a 2.75 width, 57 inch length slate-blue piccola grenadine with the company’s recommended “standard construction” (a standard lined 4-fold tie). A four-in-hand knot ties cleanly, produces a perfect dimple and drapes well, though even the finer grenadine is a looser weave than I expected, which makes for a slightly thicker knot than most ties of comparable length and width. It is less expensive than typical designer ties. Most importantly, I like it, and it has become a wardrobe staple.
The company offers a range of custom flourishes, such as a hand-sewn monogram on the tie keeper and hand-rolled tie edges, for moderate up-charges.
To follow is an interview conducted over email with David Hober, lightly edited for length and clarity.
It is all about a merger of marriage and family. Sam Hober was formed after Noi [David’s wife] and I married when my mother-in-law gave me some silk that she had woven as a wedding present. Noi made some ties for me which I wore in Denver – and received compliments for – and then we started making the ties for sale.
Noi grew up in Thailand in a traditional silk weaving family. As is the custom in Thailand, the women in the family dyed and wove silk. The silk designs that Noi’s family worked with originally came from Laos and the northeast of Thailand. And the family wove silk in the province of Chaiyaphum and later around 80 years ago moved to the province of Korat. Until recently silk weaving was a very common practice in farming communities with the mulberry bush being grown for feeding the silk worms.
When we first started making neckties we were still active in growing mulberry, as well as reeling and dyeing silk by hand which we then wove by hand. Currently our focus has shifted to making neckties with silk imported from Italy and England. My fathers’ business was based in New York where he made women’s clothes for large department stores. I grew up spending time in our factories on the weekends.
What are the primary ways you reach customers? How much do you rely on online forums, blogs and the Internet for marketing and sales?
We never advertise and primarily reach customers by word of mouth. On occasion gentlemen who like our ties post on fashion forums and blogs.
We do not have a bricks and mortar store and probably won’t build one as we are very busy making ties and a store would slow us down.
Custom ties is a fairly unique niche. What would your pitch be to someone who has never ordered a custom tie?
Custom made ties or bespoke ties as our British friends would say are typically made slowly and with great care which is one of their main advantages. Gentlemen who want a certain length, width, shape, knot or monograms etc also enjoy a custom made tie.
If someone has never ordered from you before, what kind of tie and construction would you recommend as an introduction?
I suggest a classic 3-fold or in the case of a grenadine a 4-fold to start with. unless someone really wants a complex construction for a wedding or special event then they can consider a 6 or 7-fold.
What is your favorite tie?
I usually have a dozen or so ties that I actively wear at a time.