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Originally Posted by northwind
You know your gear, do you have a general opinion on Wolf? They do a fair range of price points so obviously what applies to one might not apply to another but it's a good start.
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It's very rare to find any armour on any suit or separates sewn in now, it's usually get-atable through hidden openings, like knee and hip armour can be got to via velcroed or zipped openings at the bottom of the legs etc. I though the armour in my one-piece suit was sewn in, but found a way of getting it out - it was tricky but I managed to swop it for Davis-Odell Astrosorb.
Wolf make very good kit at all of their price points. Most of it is made in their own factories in Hong Kong, not by outside factories. That way they keep a close check on quality, which is remarkably high for far eastern made stuff. Wolf are part of the Madiff Industries group, who also have the Berik and Arlen Ness names in their portfolio. However, Harpers in Southend offer a made to measure service with the Wolf name. Harpers used to be the manufacturers of all Wolf leathers, but sold the mass production side to Madiff a few years ago.
I'd buy it and I'm dead fussy about bike gear*.
*My Nitro one-piece isn't actually a Nitro as such any more, it's been re-made - the leather they used is good stuff, but the stitching wasn't to my liking. I worked for Nitro when I got it and the boss insisted we wore what we sold, so I ordered a suit 2 sizes too big and had it completely unstitched and remade to fit me by a reputable UK firm.