They're not screen printed, they're stitched. The guy, who I didn't actually meet, friend of a friend, claims they're official Nike jerseys, defects from the manufacturer that didn't pass quality control. I assumed from the start that they were knock offs simple because of the unlikely scenario. And again, I don't even care if they're legit or not. I feel how tomahawk does about it. The fact that they're actually really nice is just a bonus.

Thanks for the input guys.

_________________
Tanzania¹²

did you stab yourself with a gun?? thats the only way to truly tell

_________________

Much to my chagrin ..

And if the water test doesn't work, try the fire test. A real Jersey will not let you be incinerated. You should try this as soon as you can.

I get the Chinese knockoffs that the NFL actually sells to people for much cheaper

The mesh is a dead giveaway. if you look at the authentic the holes are much smaller until stretched. The fake have the same type as the Reebok jersey.

the other is the 12 feathers on the collar. 12 small feathers...the fakes are always off and some even have a larger feather.

It's worth buying the real ones, I was gonna fake but then I saw how bad the quality of the Seahawks nike fakes are, I spent the $135 to get a real limited lynch jersey from nflshop.com at the beginning of the season and I don't regret it.

Decided to take some pictures of my buddy's "China Special" Russell Wilson Authentic jersey. Can you tell the difference? Count the feathers. And is it REALLY that big of a deal to you to not avoid spending mass amounts of cashola on it? The jersey looks sick, regardless haha

_________________
Talkin Seahawks All Day, All Night @ my blog Seafense! http://seafense.blogspot.com/

Part deux...

Should mention that even though the Wilson stitching looks white due to the lighting of the picture, it is the proper color.

_________________
Talkin Seahawks All Day, All Night @ my blog Seafense! http://seafense.blogspot.com/

Zeb- I used to get Mitchell n Ness defects from their warehouse< they were ebay seller (Lakeshow) anyways all the jerseys that were defects always had the tag in the collar snipped or cut in half. Ive noticed that seems pretty standard way garment companies identitfy defect merchandise<

I forgot to add that the numbers have darker grey as well...the real ones are a lighter grey. You can see the mesh I mentioned as well in the pics. There is one on youtube where she is taking suggestions. They have fixed some issues.

Pretty easy to spot knock offs on the new jerseys:

First off I haven't really seen any fake screen prints, cus most ppl aren't gonna bother getting a knock off screen print (how cheap are you at that point).

But anyway:

1) the stitched numbers tend to be smaller. Especially on the back, the numbers should pretty much take up the entire box, the fake ones have spaces.

2) The stitched numbers on fakes kind of look like glitter, rather than the entire number being somewhat reflective it'll be glittery looking if that makes any sense.

3) the number print colors and logos on it should be complimentary if it's completely popping almost as if the background was black that's another big give away

4) Big give away..if it's an Elite jersey and the shoulder side strips (the grey part that says SEAHAWKS) are not arching up and meet slightly at the Flywire. It's a fake. The only ones that did that were the first run of Elites but Nike corrected that midway through the season (yes I owned both direct from the Pro Shop).

5) Side strips from chest to arms should also match up, a lot of them don't match>

Here's a good way to tell just from eBay alone:

Real:
1) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nike-Elite-Auth ... 19d7240986 - note how the shoulder strips meet the flywire, note back number takes up almost entire box, some of the marshawn lynch ones actually extend outside of the box. When you take a picture, the jersey should NOT reflect your flash.

Fake:
1) http://www.ebay.com/itm/NFL-Nike-Elite- ... 4ac214d0eb ( very good fake, but it's fake)

2) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Russell-Wilson- ... 337f748454 - Signed but fake

3) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Seattle-Seahawk ... 1e78104980 - Fake, flywire too reflective, plus there are no limited or elite jerseys for Kam Chancellor outside of a custom from Nflshop.com

Cheers.



Screen Print: All names (mostly)
Limited: Lynch, Rice, Thomas, Fan are the only ones to Date that have actually been made, the rest are fake
Elite: Outside of custom jerseys made from nflshop.com (and no one would pay $300 for a custom elite jersey only to turn it around and sell it for under $200). The only ones made are Lynch, Fan, Thomas, Rice, Baldwin. There are a FEW Wilsons made but those were ALSO customs made directly by the Pro Shop. Note that the elite jerseys from the Pro Shop for the first half of the season wwere actually blanks that they had customized by the shop that does the names/numbers for the on-field jerseys. That being said those jerseys actually have slightly larger numbers and names than those being made directly by Nike. I can post a pic of my two Lynch elite jerseys later to show if interested (one customized by Proshop early season that I got signed and replaced by a direct from Nike one later).

Thanks for sharing, but you can see that the background green behind the number 3 on the front and back is stitched on instead of being a separate piece of neon green fabric...

I'm personally not a fan of the knock offs not only because it's not legit. Is also because NONE of the money goes to the team/players. I mean yes, I'm sure of the $100-$250 you spend on a jersey, it can be argued that maybe only $5 of each jersey may actually benefit the team. But at least some of it goes that direction. Meanwhile the $60 you send to China benefits some random douche getting rich off of something they have no rights to make money off of at all. That kind of my own personal feeling on it, it's not the same as many others otherwise there would be no business for the knock offs.

I got my Wilson Elite at the start of the season and mine looks exactly like the Elites directly from the Nike website. The gray stripe sits slightly below the flywire. Are you saying Nike corrected that and now the gray stripes actually touch the flywire? On top of the that, mine holds up to the water test. Water beads up on the shoulder and the Nike logo on the shoulder is part of the screen print and not a Nike swoosh patch like the Thomas jersey from the EBay link you posted.

- Yup your Wilson Elite Like my Lynch Elite at the start of the season were made by the pro shop customized by their team vendor. It used the old Nike elite blanks which had the gray stripes as you say slightly below the fly wire (like the gameday and limited ones..which IMO is garbage cus that's not how the on-fields are like). The new elites from Nike and the proshop have the gray stripes tilting up just a little and connecting to the fly wire. Not exactly like the on-fields but about as close as you can get.

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos- ... 0764_n.jpg

I don't have a pic of my jersey alone but yeah that's my new jersey and you can see what i mean.

I bought mine from a private seller on Ebay. Scored it for $90 and before anyone knew he was gonna be that great. I wonder why neither Nikes offical site nor the Seahawks Pro Shop shows the newer version of the Elite jersey???

Also, I'm wondering if mine might have been some what of a reject as the blue stitching on the left kinda overlaps onto the sleeve and there were no Wilson Elite jerseys. My jersey came wrapped up brand new in a plastic sleeve unopened. I wonder if Nike made a batch of Wilson Elite jerseys and dumped them off thinking he'd be a backup QB? Heh heh heh...little did Nike know. I'll post pics of my Wilson tomorrow. Off to bed now.

Mine looks like the Lynch jersey below. Gray stripe sits just below the flywire as described.

PM me the website if you would. I saw a knockoff White Lynch jersey at Tulalip casino a few months back and it looked real nice, I asked the guy where he got it and he said his buddy got it from a knockoff site for $30. It was of very good quality.

_________________
Hugh Millen = CBJ minus the cool beard

to each their own, but I won't purchase a knockoff jersey.. they don't look at all similar when next to the real thing.. the color around the "3" is not even close, the gray from the should to the chest is not even close nor is the font on the Seahawks correct..

Whatever floats your boat.. or find someone who works at Nike and have them hook you up at the employee store... $50.00 for the replicas..

_________________
_____________________

Where can I find Seahawks98.com???