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  1. Shangas

    What to wear with a fedora....

    I just can't see brown working with this. Black tends to be a rather formal colour and brown is more casual. You may as well wear a baseball cap, if you get my drift. I think black, or dark/light grey would do. Either a trilby, homburg or a fedora.
  2. Shangas

    What to wear with a fedora....

    Those are some CRAZY lapels! Um...Brown generally goes with anything, but I don't think it goes with black. At least not in this instance. I'd suggest a black, or grey trilby or fedora. Or a grey or black homburg (although those are rather more formal-ish).
  3. Shangas

    Typewriters

    My typewriter is in functioning order! It took me all of last night (about eight hours) and about three hours this morning, to clean this machine to the level where it would function flawlessly. Keys kept sticking and jamming, and I wasn't prepared to put up with it. Using a tip I saw...
  4. Shangas

    All You Need to Know About Hat Etiquette

    My rule of thumb/understanding, is the following: A place/establishment/institution that wants you to remove your hat while under their roof and within their walls, should subtly indicate this desire by the provision of a hat-rack, stand, cloak-room or other such convenient facility. If no...
  5. Shangas

    All You Need to Know About Hat Etiquette

    Traditional hatiquette (I LOVE that word now!) doesn't really exist anymore. That said, I still tap my hat-brim every now and then (every guy who wears a hat should know how to do that), I do take it off indoors when appropriate (eating, sometimes talking to people, at special events/in...
  7. Shangas

    Edwardian Car Coat (only £999!)

    Does the car come with it, or is it sold seperately?
  8. Shangas

    Typewriters

    EDIT - Double post?? Ah crap... Anyway, I've printed out a copy of the typewriter-manual from the excellent website: "Machines of Loving Grace". My typewriter keys are sticking. Particularly the E (no surprise there), B, V, and J. I've been following a tip I found online, and I've been...
  9. Shangas

    Typewriters

    That's an interesting, if rather morbid fact... I don't wanna know what kinda documents went through THAT typewriter!
  10. Shangas

    Typewriters

    I found a shop in town that sells typewriter ribbons! I dropped by and purchased a pair of twin-spool packs today. They stock them, and the guy at the counter said, if they don't stock them, they can order it in. They're pretty cheap; $5 a spool. For any Melbournians wanting to know where this...
  11. Shangas

    Looks like I missed on this one...

    It's a nice suit, nonetheless. But yeah, the waistcoat sent up flares to me as well. In my experience, vintage waistcoats have four instead of two pockets, more often. And will usually have six, instead of five buttons. Of course there's no hard and fast rules about this, but that's what...
  13. Shangas

    Typewriters

    I had an opportunity to buy a German "OLYMPIA" typewriter in London for a rather decent price. But I turned it down because I couldn't see myself using a German typewriter, what with all the umlauts and everything else that went with it. Handy for someone doing a short film about Germany in...
  14. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    The trip was...um...eventful, shall we say. The wedding was alright, but I couldn't wait to leave. I hate having to attend events where I don't know anyone at all. I feel like an idiot. Otherwise, it was fine.
  15. Shangas

    Typewriters

    Hi Lizzie, It's a beautiful machine. I love it! I just wish the shift-lock would work.
  16. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Thanks for the advice, Lizzie, I shall investigate and report back with findings.
  17. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Hi Lizzie, I know how it works, but from what I can see, it's not jammed. I'll tell you what happens and see if you can make a diagnosis... Pressing either the left shift-key, or the shift-lock key, depresses both keys at once and raises the carriage. Releasing either key causes them to...
  19. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    I was told by various sources, not to use OIL to clean my typewriter, but instead, I should use alcohol. What kind of alcohol are we talking about here? And why use this, instead of oil?
  20. Shangas

    Grandfather's trousers

    Oh I'm sorry!! I was looking at the photograph wrong! Ignore what I said. It's not relevant...
  21. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    I'm aware of the mechanics of how shift-lock/floating-shift keys worked. I just don't see how it works in THIS instance...I'm currently cleaning the machine as best I can without pulling it to tiny little pieces. We'll see what happens.
  22. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    You're tellin' me! I never thought I'd own something like this!
  23. Shangas

    Grandfather's trousers

    Watch-pocket, I believe. You still find them on trousers today. Although today, most people use them for keys, coins, etc.

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