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[jimmyj]

Wanted to start a thread about this because there's been a discussion about Brockum China tags being counterfeit. This is one version of the tag I found among the stack of vintage tees I still have.

brockum made in china tag

My gut says these are legit, and that Brockum eventually farmed some of their tee production out to China. It doesn't make sense to me for a counterfeiter to go through all the trouble to nail a t-shirt's print and then blow their cover by putting China on the tag.

I do think though, that Brockum was reprinting and reissuing classic designs, and those may have a Brockum Made in China tag like the one below. So I don't think they are OG versions of the shirts, they could be reissues, printed many years later. Although, still legit, and still vintage. That's just my take on it - I've never had an official word from anyone at Brockum.

But let me know what you think!

brockum tag shirt made in china

There are also legit ACME Australian tags, on Brockum licensed t-shirts that say "Made in China" on the rear side.

rear brockum tag made in china australia

[zargosh]

That's a weird one, J. It definitely seems like a lot of trouble to triple tag it if it was fake...unless that little size tag and the content tag are the original and someone wanted just to slide a Brockum under that size tag. The only thing that gives me pause is that it doesn't have the usual nooks and crannies (for lack of a better term) that the Brockum letters have on the "classic" tag. Check out the top of the C and the K on this pic to see what I'm talking about and then look at yours. Maybe they just changed up the font later in the 90s?

Have you seen this tag? This looks fake to me, but maybe it's another style (European possibly?) I haven't come across before. It's up on a Slayer shirt on Grailed for $200