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    Wanted: 1930s-1940s Sport Coat

    You can find them in that range with a bit of patience. Tweedydon always has some nice offerings here, and you can search Etsy and Ebay by typing in "Vintage sports jacket" with your size preference. Again, patience is a virtue. One important factor to take into consideration is smell: if the...
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    Aero perfection again! My new Board Racer arrives...

    Beautiful jacket and one of the best fits I've seen in a while. Plus, the style suits you well. Now, two things to remember: 1. every now and then you have to take it off; 2. (excessive) beer, cookies, and peanut butter 'n bacon sandwiches (Elvis) are verboten.
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    Using natural beeswax as a waterproof/protective finish???

    Absolutely on the money. I ordered some pure bees-wax on ebay some time ago and use it on all of my dress shoes now, and it works beautifully. As for jackets, i wouldn't use anything on one unless it was very old and dried-out. If it's a decent jacket it already has oils and waxes processed into...
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    New Aero Elvis fqhh

    In addition to the above comments, I've noticed that, with my LHB, the large piece of HH that forms the central back panel displays different textures and a different pattern of lines at the two opposite ends, to the point that they look like they were taken from different hides. I've always...
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    Vanson model J German car coat

    Any chance it might be a bit large for a 36? I love that jacket.
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    Not bad for a mall jacket

    I'd be very leery of that lamb without seeing it in the flesh, so to speak. Before I discovered the Lounge, I bought one from Orvis that felt like Charmin tissue and that I gave away just to be rid of. For the same money you could go Vanson or Johnson's. The bottom jacket says "genuine leather"...
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    An India based business fakes it all!

    That's the best laugh I've had all day. Thanks. You almost can't blame them for stealing others' photos.
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    The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

    In the pictures of West Texas, it's interesting that you see almost no bluejeans (in the last photo of the teenagers on the roof, the boy on the extreme right may be wearing a pair). Plenty of great hats and leather jackets, though.
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    Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame

    Happy birthday, Art. All the best.
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    Gustin L2 Jacket

    It sounds like you might want to check out both the Vanson and LegendaryUSA sites. You can find jackets roughly in your price range but with that indefinable authenticity that seems to be lacking in the Gustin offerings. Or simply, if you're not in a hurry, keep an eye on the classified section...
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    Gustin L2 Jacket

    That's the thing. I keep seeing the name "Vanson" here and I can see why: I tried on a friend's Vanson CR recently and just had to laugh at how "bad" I felt. It was perfect and I'm getting one. The Gustin job just doesn't do that.
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    New in town and I need help Panama hat

    I'm a 7 7/8, and, boy, do I sympathize. Talk to Art Fawcett about his Milans: I have two and, living where I do, find myself wearing them all the time. The straw he uses is the original Milan straw from China and is simply unsurpassable in beauty when you see it in direct sunlight: a kind of...
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    Akubra Campdraft

    When the weather's a bit less steamy than it is right now down here, my SBCD is probably my most often-worn hat.
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    Akubra Campdraft

    A brown leather jacket looks great with it.
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    I love the Fed IV!!

    I thought that the brim-turned-down-all-around was a cool look when I first got into hats, but after awhile I saw its limitations. I much prefer these days the way Cap's sporting his in the above photos.
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    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Very nice. I can't think of another color combination that reminds me so much of the late 1940's, early '50's.
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    Greetings from Los Angeles... and some noob questions

    You might want to take a look at the hemp hats from Peters Bros. in Ft. Worth. They had a $100.00 sale on them this summer, but I'm not sure if it's still on. You can also have your hat customized into pretty much any shape you want, and the hemp is very light and more ventilated than most of my...
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    The smartest, most timeless sunglasses?

    I often have my students order their books through Amazon, if only because the college bookstore seems to always get the orders wrong. A nasty habit of Amazon's is to send them the wrong anthology, and if the student cracks the plastic he or she can't return it.
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    The smartest, most timeless sunglasses?

    Thanks for the tip. I'll see how they are when they arrive.
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    The smartest, most timeless sunglasses?

    I wore Wayfarers for years until I realized that they really didn't suit my face. One day I tried on a pair of Rayban tortoise-shells with larger, rounder lenses and was surprised how much better they looked. Btw, after seeing this thread yesterday I wandered over to Amazon and saw the Rayban...

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