This is the second Aklasu grenadine tie I bought in the past two months. I am a business professional and for the fall and winter season, I wear sports jackets and odd trousers (not matched to a suit jacket) to the office. In this case, I needed to find a tie that pulled together black odd trousers and a black cream and tan sports jacket in a woven in an old fashioned crows foot pattern. The effect I was looking for and achieved was understated elegance. I am a careful shopper and months ago, I asked Chantelle to send me fabric samples of the outstanding Aklasu collection of grenadine ties. I did my homework, reading menswear blogs - some fatuously dedicated to defining "the conservative style", whatever that is, and others dedicated to product quality and providing an excellent customer experience. Well, Aklasu won hands down in both the product quality and excellent customer experience categories, and I must add that the Aklasu website is among the best I've seen in promoting understated elegance. I will continue to purchase my grenadine neckties from Aklasu.

Due to an error on MY part, my order did not go through. When I checked the status, Mensah searched for my order and helped me process a new one. He was kind and courteous, following up with me, and even expedited my order to make sure my gift arrived before the Holidays. The beautiful tie arrived carefully packaged. I will certainly recommend this company, not only for it’s quality ties, but for its top notch customer service!

As usual, my experience with your wonderful company was impeccable. The tie arrived even earlier than I was expecting and the quality was, as always, spectacular.

The experience was awesome! I was referred to this company and I must say the ties are more than I expected!

In a few short months I’ve learned that the Aklasus do an outstanding job with their ties and the way they put the personal touch to their dealings with customers. From quickly answering questions to giving helpful advice, then shipping their ties in wonderful round/strong containers that you’ll want to keep for tie-storage, with personalised cards inside, you have no doubt you’re dealing with people who really care about what they’re doing. As I’ve learned from other sites that specialise in looking at these things, and from studying the two ties I’ve purchased for myself (the wonderful Orbis and the extraordinary Brown/Burnt-Orange grenadine) the Aklasu ties use an interliner that is one hundred percent wool and there is a denser weave to the silk of the ties, called garza fina—which comes from a mill in a beautiful part of Italy, Como, a place I know a little. In all though it’s been an education learning about these things, and as a writer I’m sure I’ll be using this information in a new book one day. The Burnt-Orange Grenadine surpasses my expectations, which were already high. It is marvellous to the eye and to the touch, and a lot more versatile than I expected it to be. I’ve tried the tie with a variety of shirt and jacket combinations, all of which look very special, if I say so myself. My favourite pairing is with a white shirt and 100% linen Verrazzano jacket from MJ Bale (that looks very screen accurate to the famous Spectre Brunello Cuccinelli linen jacket). To me, this is a genuinely beautifully tie that knots and hangs perfectly and has an exceptional colour. The customer service experience is like being served by best friends; for me, so far away from Canada, shipping and delivery was fast and the boxed presentation of the tie made me incredibly happy to have discovered this passionate little organisation. It’s just not possible to recommend this tie and the Aklasus highly enough. I really wish I needed more ties as I'd love about a dozen more.