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  1. Shangas

    Best suspender-button thread?

    Do I? I'm sorry. I was only pointing out that back when braces were more common, that was how they were worn.
  2. Shangas

    Best suspender-button thread?

    I'm sorry...but how is that funny?
  3. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    It's called a cylinder desk. Instead of the slatted rolltop lid, it has a single,curved lid, that you just push back. Very snappy. One thing I love about these old desks is all the cubbyholes...
  4. Shangas

    Best suspender-button thread?

    You know...I've never figured that out![huh]
  5. Shangas

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    This message is in reply to Edward's encyclopedic posting on page 22. While what you say is certainly true, I thought it nonetheless, interesting to um...throw that can of oil on the fire...and see what happened. I figured it would create some interesting responses. Those 'ignoramuses'...
  7. Shangas

    Victorian gentlemans clothing, where to find information?

    Personally I'm not sure if I'd follow the RDJ films as being representative of the Victorian era. To Nihil, I replied in detail to the message you sent me. Hopefully that answers the questions you had. If it didn't or if you have more, you're welcome to message me back. I included information...
  8. Shangas

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    I wasn't aware that such deniers existed...But if they do, then I agree with what you've said.
  9. Shangas

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    I don't think anyone's mentioned this one yet, but it's one that I see constantly perpetuated on YouTube comments-lists and in IMDB.com forum-threads. The myth being that: "America was raring to go and get into World War Two so that it could kick Germany's ass, send Japan packing, win the war...
  10. Shangas

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    My knowledge on stuff like this is a bit sketchy, but I believe the U.S. sold China some weapons and other military hardware to fight the Japanese with, during the 1930s. The international community would've been well aware of what was going on in Asia. There were big Western expatriate...
  11. Shangas

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    Oh thank you. Yes they were all very interesting. Especially German and Chinese history.
  13. Shangas

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    The wider international community was absolutely aware of the Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s. But a lot of those countries were licking their wounds from the Great War of 1914. They didn't want to get involved in another war so soon after the first one, and especially in a war which they felt...
  14. Shangas

    Victorian gentlemans clothing, where to find information?

    What we need to know is what kind of enssemble you're trying to put together. Casual? Everyday? Semiformal & smart? Full-formal? There's a huge difference between Victorian street-casual, a suit, and white tie and tails.
  15. Shangas

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    A friend of mine is Jewish (in fact I seem to have a number of Jewish friends...I count three, so far...) and he said that holocaust deniers filled him with such rage, he wished he could give them all a shower. I'll give you a minute to figure out what he meant.
  16. Shangas

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    :eusa_clap When I was in school, we studied... Australian history. Chinese History. (From the Qing Dynasty up to the 1970s). German History (WWI-WWII). And then I believe there was another course that we could take called "Revolutions", but I never took that one. In my bachelor's...
  17. Shangas

    What pens are we carrying today?

    Not really. If it was designed to take cartridges, it was also designed to take a converter.
  19. Shangas

    Victorian gentlemans clothing, where to find information?

    I can help you with stuff like accessories, jewellery and stuff like that. Send me a private message about your questions or concerns surounding your first question ("information about men's clothing of the era?") and I'll help answer your question. I've done a lot of reading about stuff like that.
  20. Shangas

    What pens are we carrying today?

    Take it to your local pen-shop and ask them to stick a converter into it.
  21. Shangas

    Best suspender-button thread?

    You shouldn't be worried about the thread of your braces-buttons being visible from the front of the trousers, or the buttons being visible (depending on if you sew them on inside, or outside the waistband). That's what your waistcoat is for. To cover the buttons/thread/clips, and braces.
  22. Shangas

    Any Cravat Wearers Out There?

    Stickpins were worn regardless of the event. You don't wear earrings JUST because it's a special event, do you? You might wear a cheaper one for day-to-day wear, and break out the antique diamond one for your cousin's wedding, but there was nothing 'special' about them, if you get my drift...
  23. Shangas

    What are you listening to?

    I am listening to the theme-tune to "Agatha Christie's: 'Poirot'", starring David Suchet and Hugh Fraser.

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