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  1. Edward

    Mystery Moto Help - Aero?

    Yes. This is a Mascot Black Night (no K). Mascot were made in Britain between the late fifties and the late eighties (like so many brands, they rose and fell in a wave just behind the rise and fall of the British motorcycle industry itself). The key Mascot signature touch here is the left...
  2. Edward

    What Pipe Tobacco Are You Smoking Today ?

    I'm such an irregular smoker, I realised when I dropped in to my regular supplier (Seagar's Snuff Parlour, Covent Garden) a couple of weeks ago, it was about four years since I'd last been in. Alas, in that time their supplier has stopped making the basic ingredients they needed for their custom...
  3. Edward

    What hat are you waiting for today?

    A few months ago, I picked up a couple of Bronson repro A3 mechanic's caps via eBay. Having now had the chance to wear those and enjoy them, in a moment of madness I also decided to risk trying a denim Daisy May. I don't as a rule like bucket hats, but the DM has niggled ta me for a long time as...
  4. Edward

    What are you wearing today??

    A second outing for the red blazer last night, to see the divine Nell Campbell give her one-woman show, All's Nell that ends Nell at the Trafalgar Theatre on Whitehall. Nell was very enthused by the blazer, which was nice.
  5. Edward

    Indiana Jones V

    I'm holding off from the leaked footage, but inhaling every trailer that comes my way! I'm trying not to get too wound up until I see the film (though as noted unlike many I wasn't disappointed with Skull), but I've honestly seen nothing yet that suggests it could be as bad as a lot of people...
  7. Edward

    Indiana Jones V

    I'm hopeful. Admittedly, I liked Crystal Skull. Sure, it's not perfect, but many of the criticisms levied at it don't stand up if the critic is also going to laud the original films by comparison. For me, it's on a par with Temple. I've always called Temple the weakest of the original three...
  8. Edward

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Caught that one a few years ago - it was very good indeed, should appeal to anyone who enjoyed the likes of Hornblower. It did indeed have the feel of something designed for a series that never happened. According to Wikipedia it "barely recouped" its budget - "only" something like USD212...
  9. Edward

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    JEJ is sure a one-of. And I'll love him forever for the way he parodied himself in Big Bang Theory.
  10. Edward

    What are your favorite quotes about hats?

    Thanks for posting that! :) That scene has stuck in my memory for thirty five odd years, but until I stumbled over this thread today I'd no idea what film it was in, so didn't even know what to go searching for. Nice to see it again after all these decades. :)
  11. Edward

    What are your favorite quotes about hats?

    Years later I know, but..... I remember seeing the very scene - I think it was indeed Murphy's Romance. I saw the film on television years back, in the mid eighties when we still only had the four channels in the UK, and so you often ended up watching something you wouldn't otherwise have...
  13. Edward

    Boater faction!

    This is the Olney, must be around 2010 I think in these shots. Not got any more recent photos, alas, but it still gets worn: Those are probably all Olney boaters in these photos. To the best of my understanding, Olney made all boaters sold in the UK under various labels for years. Mostly...
  14. Edward

    Boater faction!

    Boaters have been on my mind a lot recently with the closure of Olney, the last English/UK company still making them. No idea where my next new one will come from, though somebody will doubtless at least be importing them, given that I can't imagine the likes of Eton changing their uniform over...
  15. Edward

    (Battle) Poll-Real McCoys J24 vs Attractions Grizzly

    I really like this one. Personally I'd be wanting a darker shearling for practicality's sake, but this does look great. Not being teacore would be a big bonus for me: if you want black leather, buy a black jacket; if you want it to go brown, why not buy a brown one to begin with?
  16. Edward

    You know you are getting old when:

    Isn't that what they call an "all-nighter" after forty? :D Oddly, I'd been doing that for a long time; since I lost a significant amount of weight, I've been sleeping right through more often than not. Maybe it was also the cat, God rest her soul - she knew exactly where to stand to hit my...
  17. Edward

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    It does still hold up as fun.... though I actually came to prefer the newer version with Momoa. Different animals, I think... Arnie's has a period, kitsch sensibility to it, whereas Moma's feels truer to the source material to me. Not unlike the two versions of JUdge Dredd..... the difference...
  19. Edward

    Indiana Jones V

    By end June, I'd die in an Indy jacket..... otherwise I'd certainly wear it out. But then once you've been on the tube in full Frank'n'Furter drag, anything else is a dawdle.
  20. Edward

    Indiana Jones V

    I've been avoiding the detail of the reviews here. The general vibe of the UK reviews is the predictable negative snark, which reveals nothing other than reconfirming the the critics here wanted to hate it going in. I think I'll wait beyond that until I see it for myself.
  21. Edward

    Footwear to go with our jackets

    This Dainite style of sole is a definite favourite of mine. I do buy a lot of leather-soled shoes, and typically quite quickly have a thin, rubber layer glued over the front sole in order to prevent excess wear in part, though mostly as it helps somewhat if it is particularly wet underfoot. I...
  22. Edward

    What are you wearing today??

    Ah, the dear old NSC - are you a fellow member? Did you hear it looks like we're losing our meeting spot? Camden Council have approved plans to turn the first and second floors of the Wheatsheaf into "luxury flats". Sadly, I suspect that also spells inevitable doom for the pub on the ground...
  23. Edward

    You know you are getting old when:

    I suspect the change in the coinage may have had something to do with this. When the 10p / 5p coins were still the same size as the old two shilling / one shilling coins, I remember there being a lot of the old coins with Georgie 6 still on them in wide circulation, recognised as 5ps and 10ps...

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