I've dabbled a bit with an 18th Century longhunter persona, due mostly to the influence of Mark Baker's wonderful articles. Yet my interest goes more with the early 19th Century mountaineers, especially Jed Smith and Joseph Walker, who led brigades over the Sierras into California. Though I'm...
Spifire, That new ascot is wonderful! Not only does it look nice, but I like like the idea of wearing the RAF colors to honor those courageous pilots of WW2. My mother remembers watching the dogfights in the sky during the Battle of Britain when she was 8 years old. My uncle was a mechanic with...
Hastings Jacket
I think its perfect! My wife and I are big fans of Poirot and I drive her nuts by pausing the show to see the details of Hastings suits and sportcoats. You've brought that jacket to life and you wear it well. Congratulations on a good purchase.
As a amateur historian I could not pass up the chance to take my nose out of my books and experience the Golden Era first hand. Once I arrived in the past I'd take the good with the bad and roll with the punches, just like I do in the present.
How about the tattoos of the Golden era? Who had them? Soldiers, sailors, working class Joes on the docks around the world. Then the more extreme of the tattoo world of the time might have performed with a circus or carnival...See the tattooed man eat fire and swallow swords...That would have...
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