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  1. Dinerman

    Show us your vintage half-belts

    Most I can't afford, and the couple (like "Zipper Gear") are entirely in Japanese. They have plenty on civilian jackets, boots, workwear, you name it.
  2. Dinerman

    Show us your vintage half-belts

    The inside button was so that it could be worn by growing teens. You'd button it with the cuff turned back when they were shorter, then flip it to the normal side when they grew taller. That zip is wartime, you generally see them on military jackets. Sears only used the Topline label for a few...
  3. Dinerman

    The History of Duxbak - A Fedora Lounge Guide

    The discontinued it very, very quietly. With 100 years worth of brand loyalty, I'd imagine they didn't want a stir on their hands.
  4. Dinerman

    The History of Drybak

    Drybak was a manufacturer of hunting clothing located in Binghamton, New York with factory at 168 Water street and later 67 Frederick Street. Early articles put their founding in 1904, while later advertising claims 1900. From a 1950 article on Drybak, largely quoting a 1930 article on the...
  5. Dinerman

    The History of Hunting Clothes, a Fedora Lounge Guide

    Drybak was a manufacturer of hunting clothing located in Binghamton, New York with factory at 168 Water street and later 67 Frederick Street. Early articles put their founding in 1904, while later advertising claims 1900. From a 1950 article on Drybak, largely quoting a 1930 article on the...
  7. Dinerman

    Show us your vintage half-belts

    Very interesting style on that one. Nicely casual. Capeskin was extremely popular in the '30s and that's a great example of it.
  8. Dinerman

    Show us your vintage half-belts

    Most eventually get sold or are already long gone.
  9. Dinerman

    Show us your vintage half-belts

    I wish it did. No label, no lining. I'm sure there's probably something similar in one of the Japanese books or magazines, but I can't recall ever having seen one exactly like this. Definitely some unusual details.
  10. Dinerman

    Show us your vintage half-belts

    Ha! Takes time to photograph and edit. Here they are! Heavy and incredibly grainy. Very interesting yoke and front seam combination. The leather waistband is more typical of earlier Cossack jackets. The zipper pull has been replaced, but the sunburst stop box is original. Probably made...
  11. Dinerman

    The History of Duxbak - A Fedora Lounge Guide

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  13. Dinerman

    Reproductions: How do you know they're accurate?

    Ralph's people may fudge the era of their repros in their marketing vs. what they've based it on, may do a lot of never-was simulacra, and may produce a lot of their things in China, but I'll give them this- they know their source material and buy a bunch of my originals. ;)
  14. Dinerman

    The History of Hunting Clothes, a Fedora Lounge Guide

    Duxbak of Utica, New York was at one time one of the largest and highest quality manufacturers of hunting garments in the country. The story begins with businessman Quentin McAdam (b.1851, d. 1919). McAdam started with his uncle's company, Buckingham & Mitchell in 1867. By 1879, he bought out...
  15. Dinerman

    The History of Duxbak - A Fedora Lounge Guide

    Duxbak of Utica, New York was at one time one of the largest and highest quality manufacturers of hunting garments in the country. The story begins with businessman Quentin McAdam (b.1851, d. 1919). McAdam started with his uncle's company, Buckingham & Mitchell in 1867. By 1879, he bought out...
  16. Dinerman

    Show us your vintage half-belts

    That one's in the 38 range. Aren't those pockets cool? I love how they mirror the design of the back. I wish I could find more on "Alaskan", but it's one of those names where it's so hard to weed out all the junk. I can't recall ever seeing another with that label, so I would assume they were a...
  17. Dinerman

    Reproductions: How do you know they're accurate?

    The marketing was almost certainly deliberate as the era of the original was known. There was no label, but the detailing was not consistent with what the reproduction was later marketed as. In the detail and label driven market of original jackets, a later production version of the style...
  19. Dinerman

    Reproductions: How do you know they're accurate?

    What are people's thoughts on this practice? Or on making reproductions based on other companies reproductions, rather than from an original?
  20. Dinerman

    Reproductions: How do you know they're accurate?

    My experience is similar. In the thousands of vintage coats and jackets I've sold, it's rare to see the oft-reported sloppy workmanship used to discount originals. The place I've seen odd stitching the most is on the work of custom leather jacketmakers of that period. Factory workmanship was...
  21. Dinerman

    Reproduction classic workwear

    Ralph Lauren repro wool half-belt with built in vest flap.
  22. Dinerman

    Show us your vintage half-belts

    1930s Alaskan horsehide
  23. Dinerman

    FS: awesome 1940s shooting jacket

    Very interesting! I don't know if I've ever seen one made from fabric like that.

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