{"product_id":"great-american-knife-tour-special-edition-tee","title":"The Great American Knife Tour™ Special Edition Tee - Heavyweight Mock Neck, 300 GSM USA Cotton, Screen Printed in Texas","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThis is the shirt that funds the mission.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWatch the tour videos this shirt supports: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL5GiEa1qzBx8xzRkPnieZAF2F_ah3m4lZ\"\u003eThe Great American Knife Tour playlist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShirt video: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/XPsaMoUHpwM?feature=share\"\u003eYouTube Short\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Great American Knife Tour™ coincided with America's 250th birthday, and this is the official tour tee. Four American hands touched it before it got to you. The blank is a Common Uniform Mock Neck, 100% cotton sewn in the USA. The design came from a graphic designer in Oklahoma who supports the channel on Patreon. The screen printing was done by Robot Monster in Denton, Texas, about forty minutes from our shop. All of it to celebrate knives made in this country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen you buy this shirt, you are directly supporting a road trip across America to visit the small shops, the one-person operations, and the family businesses that are keeping American knife making alive. Every stop on the tour is a maker who builds by hand in the USA. The shirt is how you come along for the ride.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Blank\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe did not pick a cheap shirt and mark it up. This is a Common Uniform Mock Neck, which runs $44 as a plain blank before anything is printed on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is 300 GSM, which is 8.85 ounces of cotton. For comparison, a standard tee runs around 145 to 180 GSM, so this is roughly double the fabric. It is heavy in the way a shirt you keep for ten years is heavy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mock neck collar is the other thing you will notice. It sits higher and is built sturdier than a standard crew, which is why it does not sag into a bacon neck after a few washes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGarment Dyed, So It Will Not Shrink\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are sewn as white blanks and then dyed by the batch, which is backwards from how most shirts are made and the reason Common Uniform can guarantee zero shrink. The shirts are pre-washed at 180 degrees before they ever ship. They also come out of the dye bath already feeling broken in rather than stiff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne thing worth knowing up front: the dye process destroys neck and care labels, so there is no tag inside the collar. That is not a knock-off or a blem. It is what garment dyeing does, and it is also why the shirt is more comfortable at the neck than a tagged one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLimited, and Then They Are Gone\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis run is what we could get. When these sell out we are moving to a print on demand shirt so the design stays available. Those will be good shirts. They will not be this shirt. If you want the heavyweight American sewn version, this is the only run of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlank: Common Uniform Mock Neck Tee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: 100% cotton, USA grown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 300 GSM, 8.85 oz, heavyweight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollar: Raised mock neck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDye: Garment dyed, pre-washed at 180 degrees, zero shrink\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConstruction: Sewn in the USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesign: Graphic designer in Oklahoma, Patreon supporter of the channel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinting: Screen printed by Robot Monster, Denton, Texas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabels: None in the collar, removed by the garment dye process\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFit\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrue to size with an intentionally oversized cut and extra room through the chest. If you wear a medium in a standard tee, stay with a medium here. The shirt gives you the room without sizing up. If you want a closer fit, go down one size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeasurements, in inches, laid flat:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eS: 21 chest, 27 length, 8.75 sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eM: 22 chest, 28 length, 9 sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eL: 23 chest, 29 length, 9.25 sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eXL: 24 chest, 30 length, 9.5 sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2XL: 25 chest, 31 length, 9.75 sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachine wash warm or cold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTumble dry low or medium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIron medium heat inside out if needed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote from Lone Star Knife \u0026amp; Supply: The Great American Knife Tour™ is the most ambitious thing we have done since founding LSKS. This shirt is the most direct way to be part of it. Every purchase goes toward making the tour happen and spreading the word about American manufacturing. Thank you for being part of this.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Want It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Great American Knife Tour™ exists to shine a light on the American makers who are still building things with their hands in small shops across the country. A shirt about American manufacturing ought to be made in America, cotton to collar to ink. 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