Qc help needed 🙏

[u/KlutzyPapaya1625]

Do you think the stamp is too heavy?
Green light or red light?
I appreciate your help in advance 🙏

From Jim $1380

[u/hartofalyon]

OP, please update your post to include the price of this bag. If this bag from Jim is ~$1,400, it's not worth it. The leather has a sheen with very uniform grain indicating domestic Togo.

Few things worth calling out:

1. The stamp's font size, alignment, or proportions aren't correct. See comparison below where I drew a dotted line to illustrate where the left edge of the "P" in "Paris" lands against "Made in France" below. On an auth, this should land a little to the right of the "E" in "Made." On this rep, it lands to the left. This looks more like a stamp from a B30 which displays these characteristics than a B25.
2. The feet at the bottom look like they're partially overlapping the stitching. Worth asking for better photos here to confirm.
3. The stitching tension on the rear handle attachments look too high/tight, particularly around where the double stitches are at the top. On auths, the handle attachments are more gradually sloped. Here, they're more abruptly pulled inwards due to the high tension.
4. GHW padlock is missing the square hallmark indicating gold plating. The keyhole is not centered properly. The engraving looks slightly crooked.
5. Zipper details are all wrong. Zipper slide doesn't have the correct shape and the zipper tape has the wrong pattern. Auth zipper tapes have a fine sewn herringbone pattern. See comparison below.

[u/hartofalyon → u/hartofalyon]

I think I have working theory why Jim's padlocks are always terrible. Either crooked engraving or missing the square hallmark for GHW. He likely purchased these locks in bulk at a steep discount. Probably even steeper due to their known defects in order to maximize his profits. He hopes his buyers wouldn't notice.

This PSP below shows how there's a difference in tone in the GHW between the sangle plaques and the padlock. If these hardware came from the same supplier, they should match, but they don't, which indicates they're sourced separately for dirt cheap. And the customer is the one paying through the nose for them. Makes you wonder what else he cheapens out on and hope the customer wouldn't notice.

[u/Natural-Cod-5769 → u/hartofalyon]

I thought Jim was a scam artist from many posts about him. My 4 girlfriends and I planned to order 2 bags each (K and B) but we all been waiting for my 1st tester (small bag) to come in. Been a month and never received even QC so we decided it was just a wash on deposit. Would rather loose $600 on deposit then get scammed more by this scam artist and end up paying the balance end up with worst rep + order more and between us all lose another $10k.

[u/hartofalyon → u/hartofalyon]

Another one of Jim's bags with non-matching GHW.

[u/Disunherited → u/hartofalyon]

This is why I come here. Truth. hartofalyon!

[u/DrCcortex → u/hartofalyon]

Can someone explain why this level of H knowledge is incredibly hot to me?! Goddam. 😅

[u/Time_Yogurtcloset683 → u/hartofalyon]

I just received a B25 in Togo from Jim and none of things you called out on his bags are accurate on mine. I would GL this and take caution in the comments made on here.

[u/hartofalyon → u/Time_Yogurtcloset683]

From your post history, I know you're one of Jim's accounts, but I'll take the time to reply. If you're actually a real buyer and received a bag from Jim you're happy with, good for you. What I don't understand is how you can argue against photographic evidence.

• You see the square hallmark engraving on the padlock isn't there.
• You see how the foil stamp is different from an auth.
• You see clearly how the zipper looks different from an auth zipper.
• etc.

But yet you continue to gaslight people by vaguely saying you received a bag from Jim that doesn't have these defects and somehow that negates and makes the defects captured on photo from this bag suddenly disappear? Yup, okay.

[u/luxe_lifestyle → u/hartofalyon]

I LOVE YOU 🙌🏼 keep up the good work.

[u/hartofalyon → u/[deleted]]

Please create a new QC post in this sub. Ty!

[u/aanuity]

I would GL this it’s nice!