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  1. nightandthecity

    ID'ing horsehide, other leathers

    I wondered if anyone was going to mention the great bitch-off between A---- and E----- over the leather used on someone’s Roughwear copy! I count both K and G as friends, but at times (like a great many people) I’ve felt like knocking their heads together.
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    Flat caps

    bootiful indeed....though I prefer the leather one as a wearer. I have a 1940s leather jacket with identical leather to that cap - so close you'd think they came from the same maker. I am wearing the cap and jacket together as I type, with brown serge trousers and freshly polished...
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    Black airmen honored for fighting Nazis, racism

    I seem to recall reading that Benjamin Davis was sent to Coventry at West Point - completely ostracized, no one would talk to him.
  4. nightandthecity

    ID'ing horsehide, other leathers

    Horsehide is a better leather - stronger, longer lasting, and naturally waterproof. So it does make sense to spend the extra.
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    Flat caps

    this is a gorgeous single panel 1930s cap I'm selling in classifieds at the moment. The panel is 11 1/2" across - unfortunately the hat is only a 55 (UK 6 3/4, US 6 7/8): here's one of my own, a nice UK size 7 1/8 (US 7 1/4), a little tight but fits me. It's oval, about 10 1/2" x 11"...
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    THE PERFECT 1930'S FLAT CAP - if you are a pinhead...

    I'll look out for that...and thanks for the lead.
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    THE PERFECT 1930'S FLAT CAP - if you are a pinhead...

    The thought did cross my mind when I bought it. I may still do that if it doesn't sell though I prefer to wear genuine vintage. I have actually come across a few of these 1930s wide single-panels in the past, but always ultra-small and never in black. In fact, whilst I have a few 1930s...
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    THE PERFECT 1930'S FLAT CAP - if you are a pinhead...

    this is the cap I've been trying to find most of my adult life. I nearly wept with excitement when I first saw it....and with disappointment when I saw (no surprise of course) that it was a paltry UK 6 3/4 (US 6 7/8, Euro 55). It will probably stretch a size bigger of course (though no...
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    VINTAGE SKINNY WHIP BELTS

    I've been selling these skinny "croc" belts one at a time on evilbay over the last few months - I had around a dozen originally and I'm now down to the last two. I think they are probably 1960s/70s era but they look great with 1930s-50s trousers. Before I list them I thought I'd offer them...
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    The REAL gangster look

    we had a brief discussion of this in a British context a while back..... http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=12732&highlight=spivs Gangsters often did dress differently..... Like the earlier quote said, the same clothes but bigger, brighter, bolder - what in the UK we call FLASHY.
  13. nightandthecity

    Haworth 40s/WW2 weekend May2007

    I usually go as it is local for me. Nice to check out the clothes and go for a bop in the evening. I do have mixed feelings about this kind of thing though, I read a scathing review by a pensioner a few years back in which he commented that you were more likely to see martians than people...
  14. nightandthecity

    Change your Ebay password regularly

    yes, ebay is very user-unfriendly - especially for sellers. For one of the biggest ops on the web they are basically a bunch of cheapskates. All expenses are kept to the minimum and the moment something goes wrong (which happens a lot) there is no proper system in place to deal with it. I've...
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    Change your Ebay password regularly

    which sniping service do you use? I always thought my password was pretty invulnerable but ya got me worried now.....
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    SKINNY WHIP BELTS.....

    ...plus vintage shoes, boots, coats, gloves and other goodies for sale by me on ebay, check http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZzippgunnQQhtZ-1 includes oxford shoe-boots and Chippewa work boots as discussed recently here on the Lounge
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    VINTAGE BOOTS AND SHOES.....

    ...belts, coats, gloves and other goodies for sale by me on ebay, check http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZzippgunnQQhtZ-1 This includes oxford shoe-boots and Chippewa work boots and skinny whip belts as discussed recently here on the Lounge
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    Belts and Belt Buckles

    yep, search the womens belts in charity shops. Or if you can't be bothered with the effort of sifting through tons of plastic crap for the occassional gem which doesn't actually fit you, go check my current ebay listings, i have several whip belts up, older ones too. I'll post a link in...
  20. nightandthecity

    30's~40's Work Boots

    I have a pair of those for sale right now on ebay. I'll post a link in classifieds. They have been polished several times and have lost the modern waxy finish....look great. Can you still get them? I thought they stopped making them a few years ago. I've often wondered when speed lace...
  21. nightandthecity

    Another Request... White Brogue Shoes???

    dammit Paddy stop giving away my secrets!!!
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    Another Request... White Brogue Shoes???

    I'm pretty sure that none of the Northampton companies do a white shoe in their normal line, but several do - or have done - white shoes as specials for other retailers. These bucks made by Sargent for Schuh are my faves, near dead ringers for a 1930s pair...check that pointy toe! Some lucky...
  23. nightandthecity

    Road to Perdition style vintage men's ankle boots...advice please

    Re the alleged non-sturdiness of the Stacey Adams….it wouldn’t really be fair to compare them to a proper boot like the Huntingdon. The Adams are not really a boot, but a high-ankle Oxford shoe. It’s a style rarely made nowadays but was quite common back in the day. You’d wear them in the same...

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