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Blacksocks knows the age of all socks

How to determine the age of your socks?

Blacksocks knows the age of all socks

Are they free of holes but no longer completely black? The high quality of our socks means that the colour will fade long before any holes appear.

Customer feedback, independent tests and years of experience have all demonstrated that the quality of our socks is held in high regard and rarely gives cause for complaint.

To enable us to monitor our production series, our socks all have a systematic "stitching flaw" in the heel area. This is a kind of barcode consisting of a combination of seven stitch lines that are either short or long.

How to determine the age of your socks

Simply have a look at the area just above the smooth heel section. It is easiest to start from the central stitch line above the centre of the heel and count the three lines on either side of this line. The combination of seven lines provides information on the production year of your socks.

2005 ' | | | | | '
2006 | ' | | | ' |
2007 | | | ' | | |
2008 | | | | | ' '
2009 ' | ' | | | |
2010 | | ' ' ' | |
2011 ' | | | | | '
2012 | | | | | ' |
2013 | ' | | | | |
2014 || || || XX XX || ||
2015 XX XX || || || || ||
2016 XX || || XX || || ||
2017 || XX || || XX || ||
2018 XX || || XX || || XX

Heel socks

Identification of defective socks

In 2005, we produced a series of 12,000 defective pairs of socks. Unfortunately, we delivered half of them to our customers. Thanks to the bar codes, we were able to identify and replace the defective socks sent back to us. The other half of the series was disposed of.

Very elegant socks, comfortable
18/05/2021
William P.
Taguig City
Very elegant socks, comfortable
18/05/2021
William P.
Taguig City
Great quality.
16/09/2020
Robert H.
Fürigen
Great
26/06/2018
Hendrik S.
Jackson
Great
22/10/2017
Philippe S.
Pully
Another happy customer!
07/10/2017
Steve G.
Zurich
wonderful socks!
23/09/2017
Charles A.
Las Vegas
Excellent service and great quality
19/09/2017
Dean J.
Wilen bei Wollerau
Beautiful black socks
08/09/2017
Robert B.
Beechhurst

Other Great in every size

Great in every size

Our socks are great – something which is clear not only to us, but also to an increasing number of customers across the globe. See for yourself.

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