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    My new $15 leather jacket

    Reb: Thats a nice leather field coat! Probably meant for fall and spring upland bird hunting.Plaid liner is a plus for warmth on a chill morning.You got your self a really great buy. Looks like , maybe,it could use some leather conditioner or if the leather is pretty dried out, you could get...
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    LESSON FROM A SHOESHINE BOY

    Phil: Ive heard almost all of the so called "tips" to a great shoe shine and they not only dont work, they can be dangerous too You just gotta ask what motivates someone to suggest that you set your shoes on fire-dontcha? And a hot air dryer might be carefully used, but only to help dry wet...
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    How Old do You Think She is?

    "Grandma" is, more than likely, about 68 years old but practicing the time honored woman's tradition of shaving a decade from her age.The tell tale is the combination of things ,like television and radar.Many of the things she describes were unheard of in the mid 1930's, began commercial...
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    Deckard's on Cloud Nine with new Sefton A-2

    Matt: That is one beautiful A-2.It looks like its been hanging on your shoulders for twenty years. Here is one of my buzz Rickson A-2's.This is a repro of a Werber Mfg Co. jacket in a hand "worn out" process. The factory worn finish gives it the appearance of 25 years of wear, though its a...
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    My experience with vintage.

    WidRoot wrote: I can not stress this enough! Fabric, fabric, fabric! They had different colors then, and also different stripes, tweeds, and windowpane patterns. Get a book called “Every Day Fashions of the 1930’s� Also the next decades of the 40’s. These are clippings out of Sears...
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    My experience with vintage.

    Root: Great post. Many times the suits and jackets I see in the thrift stores have obscure tiny union labels and little else to date the material. Your tip about the union labels was excellent.Never really looked at them closely, although Ive noticed that some are cloth & black on white and...
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    LESSON FROM A SHOESHINE BOY

    Phil: One answer for the "horizontally challenged" (those of us who cant reach their toesies) is the wall mounted shoe stand.If one doesnt mind having a wall with an aluminum shoe thingy sticking out of it.I dont like them and never have bought one. In the military, most guys still got a...
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    Jacket alteration question

    I got home with my $1.00 thrift store Hugo boss peak lapel DB and while trying it on in the mirror,my wife reached behind me with both hands holding an inch of the collar and rear seam in her hand..She said "The seamstress can take an inch from the collar to the waist at the seam, whch will pull...
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    Single breasted peak lapel

    I went back and looked at the suit and the jacket.I was wrong about the suit which had notch lapels and no label except an American Craftsman Wool mark. Rather heavily worn through the lining in places.I took an El Paso on it. At the other thrift all mens wear was ---are you ready for this--...
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    J. Peterman Linen suit

    Matt: Following this thread with interest.I remember Miami in the early '50s. In those pre airconditioning days most all businesses closed between 1:00P.M. and reopened 5:30 or 6:00 P.M. till 9:00.Many latin men wore all white 800 grade tightly woven SB linen suits that were hand washed.With...
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    Single breasted peak lapel

    Thank you for the helpful ideas.The suit and jacket had peak lapels.Good to know correct terminolgy.There were also two heavy fabric outer raincoat/trenchcoats with huge "trench" collars that look absurd when lying flat around the neck.One is a houndstooth, the other a light beige.Single button...
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    Single breasted peak lapel

    Pointed Lapels- A clue? In my rounds of the thrift stores now & then I see jackets or suits with pointed lapels.Not just wide lapels, but ones that point up and out.I know they were used in the forties,which is the period of my interest, but I also saw a Hugo Boss DB jacket in an Exorcist...
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    Work and a family

    It may not take a village but I am sure that it takes two fulltime parents to obtain credible results in raising a family.I was raised by a single parent and am keenly aware of the problems it creates for kids The Modern and the Golden Era each had its advantages and disadvantages.One...
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    Vintage ties from Modern ties...

    I've been assembling thrift store clothes for a classic American and English look which, so far, has included fully woven silk ties. After reading your post I think I'll start to pick up those 30s 40s painted numbers that I so glibly passed over these past number of weeks. Maybe vintage golden...
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    LESSON FROM A SHOESHINE BOY

    The final step in a professional shine is the polish rag."Raggin" is the key to giving a high gloss shine, especially on the cap or toe. Back in the day, our trick was to get the rag into an upside down u or v shape over the shoe,by gripping the ends and pulling down as we passed the rag...
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    LESSON FROM A SHOESHINE BOY

    When WWII ended paper and metals prices dropped like a shot, so the scrap drives we kids participated in no longer earned us much pin money. My seven uncles returned from overseas and in a few weeks they were a regular part of the scene in my neighborhood’s taverns. I built a shoeshine box...
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    Personal Heat

    Written on his epitaph: He brought a knife to a gunfight!!! I have these pistols, among others, in my home: Walther PPK .380 in blue. Colt SAA .45 long colt (7"bbl in blue,NIB). Browning 9mm Renaissance model (engraved nickel). I recommend against carrying any weapon on one's...
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    The Mall

    There's a new heirarchy amongst ball cap wearers just now.Our grandson stopped by on his way back to college.I offered him the old ballcaps from the closet and he rejected them all.He explained that the "in" college fraternity crowd doesnt wear mesh-back or buckle back ballcaps anymore.Now they...
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    Autumnal Thoughts........

    It seems the whole U.S. is in the grip of never ending a heatwave. We, on the Florida Atlantic coast, are also in the dog days of summer. This close to the ocean, however, we get the Atlantic breeze to keep us a few degrees under the mainland temps.
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    The Story of the Waxed Jacket

    Twenty five years ago Banana Republic sold a Barbour style waxed cotton jacket series. College friend Jim Schmick got us tickets for the first ever Gran Prix rally on Biscayne Boulevard in downtown Miami. When the Schmicker showed up, he was wearing a light weight,brown, Banana Republic four...

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