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I don't know if you know this but Shekkin has recently changed its production of its Navy custom pants AOR1 Gen2 and Navy custom combat shirt AOR1 Gen2. And unfortunately, it's mostly for the "worst"... The only change that could be considered good and normal is finally putting the inscription "Shekkin" instead of "Crye" (which will avoid confusion). But everything else, compared to the old production version, is unfortunately no longer as good:
- New AOR1 tone that resembles that of other less good reproduction brands.
- The quality of all the parts has become much less good and robust (therefore less resistant).
- The brown knee contour is theoretically quite wide, but in their new productions they have made it smaller (while this is such an important visual aspect when you want a good visual reproduction because it's a typical DEVGRU aspect of the AOR1 Gen2!). And it's not simply a size question !
- We must also mention a "new system" for adjusting the knee height in the pants pockets: before it was exactly like Crye with a beige strap and a fairly solid black buckle, but now it's a thinner black strap and a black buckle (still) but much less good quality and which doesn't really hold the height.
- To stay on the pants, we can also mention the waistband closure Velcro which is no longer slightly inclined as before and which therefore no longer conforms to Crye's reproduction.
Regarding the combat shirt, we can also mention the significantly lower quality of the beige part of the combat shirt, which is no longer made of cotton like before (it's a really soft fabric and therefore much less durable...).
For resume, I'm not going to list everything, but there are so many things that no longer conform to a good reproduction of Crye as they used to do... Be careful because you have to be aware of it now ! And they no longer have old/previous versions in stock. They had talked about modifications to adjust their sizes to those of the Crye, but they didn't mention all these changes, which are a real regression/decadence (I think). I'll let you judge for yourselves if you wish, but keep all this in mind for the Navy custom pants AOR1 Gen2 and the Navy custom combat shirts AOR1 Gen2! While Shekkin was certainly the best reproduction for affordable prices! I don't know what happened, but it's a disappointment if you want to buy details now (in 2025) faithful reproductions... Now, no Shekkin no longer seems to be the "good deal"... And I'm terribly disappointed because I have immense respect for everything they've done !
Please Shekkin go back to the old productions !
The best shirt for a DEVGRU loadout!
Paired with aor1 pants maybe the best aor1 color that's sold here. Very comfortable shirt, navy cut is refreshing. You do need to order 1 size up.
Good combat shirt for reenactments! Size is a little small so whatever size you normally are just go up by one. Other than that the color is spot on, Crye tag has some small differences (not a bad thing), and the build quality is top notch!
Great material!
