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  1. Matt Crunk

    Bad repro looks

    At least it seems that attention to detail and "getting it right" has become more and more important in recent years, with both movies and TV. I think the '60s and '70 spawned the worst offenders, especially in the lower budget action pictures. Where Eagles Dare comes to mind, with Eastwood and...
  2. Matt Crunk

    What are you wearing today??

    Here is myself in a $30 eBay suit (jacket off, but it's the same one I'm wearing in my avatar), $1.00 thrift store tie and $3.00 shirt, in a scene from a short film we shot recently for an on-line contest. I play a detective interrogating a suspect. Trevor Russell, playing my very Karl...
  3. Matt Crunk

    Bow Ties

    I guess mainly because I never wear bow ties (though I am thinking about it) and hove no idea how to tie one. That, and some of those clip-ons that Quigley Brown showed on his flatbed scanner pic were really swell.
  4. Matt Crunk

    Bow Ties

    I'd never wear a clip-on regular tie, but seems to me that'd be the only way to go with a bow tie.
  5. Matt Crunk

    Reproduction Vintage Neckties?

    Yes, I fully realize the market would be limited, just like that of some of the vintage-style clothiers that advertise on this site. But I think it might be a good niche. This is especially true of I can find a way to feasibly do one-offs and short-runs to order. The patterns in the weave...
  7. Matt Crunk

    Reproduction Vintage Neckties?

    Reproducing Printed Ties from the Bold Look era. What would it take? First of all, I have a background in the screenprint industry. I worked as artist and art director for a major imprinted sportswear company for about six years, working directly with the screenprinting department and doing...
  8. Matt Crunk

    1950s Rockabilly Kitsch on a Comeback?

    In answer to the question posed in the title of this thread . . . I don't think rockabilly style has ever fully gone out, at least in certain circles. It may fade in and out of fashion with the mainstream, but there is a strong underground scene which is constant.
  9. Matt Crunk

    Show us your TIES

    Most of them, yes, at thrift stores in Alabama and Tennessee. Many for $1 or $2 each. A few came from eBay.
  10. Matt Crunk

    Show us your TIES

    Here are a few more photos of my tie collection. In these pix I've grouped them differently than before. My most favorite ties. From the Bold Look period. The three on the right are hand painted. A mixture of 50's era and modern ties with a vintage vibe. A selection of the Mad Men era...
  11. Matt Crunk

    Vintage SCUBA Diving anyone?

    Vintage equipment diving can be very liberating and safe if the right precautions are taken. First: Get all your vintage equipment annualed (annual certified inspection) just like you would any modern gear. Second: Limit vintage equipment to fairly shallow depths(40 or 50 ft), and open water...
  13. Matt Crunk

    HOW about Fly Fishing? Let's see your outfits . . .

    It's a sport that I've had an interest in for years, and am just now starting to get into. Been reading up on it a lot lately and just bought my first fly-rod over the weekend. This sport for me has a lot of vintage appeal. So let's see your vintage fly gear: Rods/Reels, Creels, Nets, Vests...
  14. Matt Crunk

    Vintage SCUBA Diving anyone?

    There seems to be a small but growing interest within the SCUBA diving community in collecting and using vintage SCUBA gear from the 1950s and 60s. There is at least one online Diving forum now with a section dedicated to it. Being naturally attracted to all things vintage, and having been a...
  15. Matt Crunk

    Show us your TIES

    This appears to me to be a modern airbrusher's attempt to re-create a vintage looking tie.
  16. Matt Crunk

    What's for Dinner?

    OK, I'll play. Tonight we're having pork butt and brisket that spent all day in the smoker. Sides are homemade slaw, sweet potatoes, corn on the cob, and cornbread. Unsweet iced tea to drink.
  17. Matt Crunk

    Show us your suits

    Here's a photo of one of my recent eBay suit acquisitions. It's a brown three-piece with fine pinstriping (though you can't tell in the photo). Not as vintage as I'd like, probably early 80s (?), but I really like the way it fits.
  19. Matt Crunk

    Show us your TIES

    Here's some of the ties from my modest, but growing collection. The ties in the first photo are all vintage (40s?) except for the two on the far right, which I believe to be modern with a vintage look. If someone can help me date them that would be great. The ties in the second photo are also...
  20. Matt Crunk

    1940's - 1960's Royal Stetson Fedora

    Very nice looking hat. Classic.
  21. Matt Crunk

    Old Time Radio Shows

    Your best bet nowadays is Radio Classics on Sirius, channel 82. Lots of old radio dramas and other shows from the golden age. This channel along is worth the cost of Sirius radio, at least to me. But they also have channels that play nothing but 30s, 40s and 50s music too. I rarely ever...
  22. Matt Crunk

    So, I got me this Fez see.....

    Here's me in a still from a video, with a vintage Shriner's fez I got off eBay a few years ago. I like fezes in a tiki kitsch sort of way.
  23. Matt Crunk

    Giant Pith Helmet Thread of Doom

    I just scored a very nice, new "English style" Pith Helmet off eBay for $40 post-paid. Very happy with it. This one is supposed to be genuine pith cork as opposed to the modern, cloth-covered plastic one I had previously...
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