Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Search results

  1. Shangas

    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    What Ho, Brandon! Welcome to our little, dingy, jazz-filled nightclub. Have a Manhattan and pull up a chair.
  2. Shangas

    Boater faction!

    That's the problem with boaters, they're very fragile...
  3. Shangas

    Gentlemens Grooming

    You also need a sharpening stone. You can buy razor-specific vintage stones, but if not, any good-quality knife-stone will suffice.
  4. Shangas

    Show us your suits

    I've got two of those, but no shirts with the little holes where they poke through... What I want are those safety-pin or clip-on type bars...haven't found any yet.
  5. Shangas

    Show us your suits

    Trust me, I wish I had them! Or better yet, a collar-bar! But I'm not so lucky...
  7. Shangas

    Current dress shirts with a vintage look?

    I believe the style you're after is the "spearpoint" collar shirt. They were very common in the early 20th century. I'm not aware of SPECIFIC makers, but I do know that there are shirts out there which still come with these collars. I guess it's just a process of hunting around.
  8. Shangas

    A Question about Typewriter Ribbons

    Thanks to the member of another forum, I finally know what this is: It's an Imperial Model 60. They started production at the end of the 1940s. Here's an ad for the Model 60 from 1949: I've done a bit of "market research" and I've pretty much determined how much a postwar mechanical...
  9. Shangas

    Show us your suits

    A closeup of me wearing my one and only suit. The waistcoat isn't part of it, obviously...
  10. Shangas

    My Old-Timey Shaving Odyssey

    Good work old boy. Keep trying. Remember to use a LIGHT touch on the razor. It's meant to SLIDE over your skin. Not slice into it. Any pressure apart from the weight of the razor will almost certainly lead to a cut. Razor-burn is usually attributed to a blunt blade. Make sure you sharpen or...
  11. Shangas

    How It's Made

    I believe you go to the website, track down the show, and simply send them an email...
  13. Shangas

    Big Ben to be Renamed in Honor of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee

    'Round my neck of the woods, we have a railway station called "Southern Cross". Unless you're a tourist, most people still call it by the old name: "Spencer Street Station".
  14. Shangas

    Pocketwatches

    Essentially...no. I said the watchMAKERS kept records of their manufacturing. NOT the CASEmakers. There is a big difference. You must remember, in this period of history, you didn't go to a jeweller's shop and say: "I'll take that nice watch on the red cushion for $50, please". You picked...
  15. Shangas

    Pocketwatches

    To my knowledge, British watchmakers did not keep extensive records of manufacture, as did the Americans. From what I've seen, Americans date stuff via serial-numbers and production-runs. British watches are typically dated by hallmarks...but of course, for there to be a mark, there has to be...
  16. Shangas

    Dating two British hats: A Tress & co bowler & Lincoln Bennett "Lincona" hat

    That bowler is a hell of a head-crusher! My hat-size is 7! I can't imagine who would have a head-size in the 6-range!
  17. Shangas

    Prada Menswear Fall 2012

    I see no reason why you CAN'T wear a frock-coat in the 21st century. It doesn't look that different from a standard trenchcoat/overcoat, and they're still very common.
  19. Shangas

    My Old-Timey Shaving Odyssey

    There is SOMETHING in there...I forget what it is. It may be the oil you speak of. I can't remember!
  20. Shangas

    My Old-Timey Shaving Odyssey

    Proraso is a good soap & cream. I'd suggest using that. It smells a bit weird, and not very 'soap-like', but it does a great job.
  21. Shangas

    Prada Menswear Fall 2012

    Like others here, I found the lack of neckwear a little weird. At least a cravat or something. But simply a buttoned up shirt with nothing there...looks...Not 'wrong', per se, just really...strange.
  22. Shangas

    Prada Menswear Fall 2012

    I'm noticing a significant Regency and Victorian influence here. The long coats, dark colours, three piece suits, vests...Not something you would see much of today, so it's rather refreshing to see them come back. I was also surprised to see the Frock Coat! I don't think people have been...
  23. Shangas

    Boater faction!

    First photo: One on the extreme left on top of the "STETSON" box. I really like the ribbon on that one...

Latest posts

Members online

... and 31 more.
Total: 3,867 (members: 81, guests: 3,786)

Forum statistics

Threads
109,319
Messages
3,078,827
Members
54,243
Latest member
seeldoger47
Top