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  1. wackyvorlon

    Car guys help!!

    Six months is good. But! Before you try to start it, pull the heads! Inspect the cylinders! I cannot emphasize that enough. If you start applying force without understanding what's going on inside the engine, you can do some very serious damage to it. This machine deserves better than a...
  2. wackyvorlon

    coordinates please

    Ack! I missed that line! No no no! Brown shoes with a black suit is very much a no-no. Need a nice pair of black Church's oxfords for that one.
  3. wackyvorlon

    Anatomy of a suit...

    I have the Cabrera book already:) I will attempt the disassembly of a suit, however. That should prove very useful.
  4. wackyvorlon

    Savile Row, in Cigar Aficionado

    Frankly, I don't see $2,000 for a bespoke suit as being unreasonable. A quality suit can last a lifetime. Today, an average car is 16 to 20,000. This vehicle cannot be expected to last even ten years. The car, is equal in price to buying one bespoke suit annually for ten years! And yet...
  5. wackyvorlon

    coordinates please

    Hmm. The shoes with the tan pants - you would want a belt that matched the shoes. A shirt that did not contrast too strongly, and a tie with elements of both the pants and shoes in it. It is easy for this combination to go very badly.
  7. wackyvorlon

    Nero Wolfe

    Fundamentally, though, a one hour episode was too short. The fact that they where nearly all two-parters meant that it was very easy to miss either part.
  8. wackyvorlon

    ANNOUNCEMENT: Fedora Lounge Launches a Magazine

    Will the editorial staff of this new magazine be accepting article submissions from members of the forum?
  9. wackyvorlon

    Car guys help!!

    Never never never try to free a stuck engine that way!!! Almost guaranteed to break something, or gouge cylinders! An engine that has seized needs to be torn down. The cylinder bores have to be inspected for rust. Any that is found has to be cleaned out - if it's left behind, the bore in...
  10. wackyvorlon

    The Vintage Office

    Ha! 'Tis nothing. Now, what you need is a Curta!
  11. wackyvorlon

    Carved cufflinks

    Those are very unique. Hmm, would go nice with a blue shirt with matching buttons, methinks.
  13. wackyvorlon

    OH MY GOODNESS... Did I hit the jackpot!

    The note on the top of the pile - could you type the whole thing out? All I can make out is mention of sympathy, "On presentation of five of these chits, we will issue one crying towel from our crying towel locker." Do you know to what matter it relates?
  14. wackyvorlon

    Anatomy of a suit...

    I will add my vote for the thread. As an aside, can you recommend resources for learning the tailor's trade? I am always in awe of the complexity of a suit jacket - especially a quality, hand-stitched jacket.
  15. wackyvorlon

    NY Times article about MyTailor.com

    Hmm. They seem interesting. Though, I have a found a tailor here in Toronto who will make a shirt for $185, not bad, really. Considering it's bespoke. The question, though - is this made to measure? Or genuine bespoke tailoring?
  16. wackyvorlon

    magnificent feat

    You must learn to polish your shoes! Those are a beautiful pair of closed-lacing oxfords, never may a spray on product touch them! Kiwi makes a parade shine shoe polish. It's a good place to start. Now, read a good primer on how to spit shine. This is a time consuming process, but worth...
  17. wackyvorlon

    "Accouterments" Spelling Discussions

    Okay, applause for knowing onomasticon:eusa_clap Webster's is unreliable in it's modern incarnation, containing many neologisms. I always prefer an older dictionary, and one that is more conservative. If I should ever see a word such as 'gustnado' in my lexicon, I fear I would descend into...
  19. wackyvorlon

    My humble entry into fountain-pen life

    A question regarding the Noodler's eternal ink: Most fountain pen inks are water based. If they dry out on the nib, the nib can be recovered by simple soaking and flushing with water. Eternal ink, however, is not touched by water. How do you dissolve it out of the nib once it's dryed?
  20. wackyvorlon

    Neo swing style

    I'm sorry, Ladies and Gentlemen - there has been, in human history, but one man who could pull off a zoot suit and look truly good in it. That was Cab Calloway. As for neo swing bands, I have been generally disappointed by them as well. Rarely do they actually sound like the old stuff...
  21. wackyvorlon

    Has Target gone too far?

    The fleur de lis effect on the one jacket is really distracting - cards, anyone?:P As for Louis Vuitton. There's a reason for their stuff to be so expensive. It's quality work. You don't buy it for the status, you buy it for the workmanship. It's the same thing as when you buy Church's...
  22. wackyvorlon

    coordinates please

    A rule of thumb to remember is that brown shoes are always less formal than black. Blue jeans are not even remotely formal at all. A blue suit, on the other hand, is far more formal than blue jeans. Some may consider brown shoes with a blue suit to be ill matched because of the formality of...
  23. wackyvorlon

    Where do you wear yours?

    Only if I can bring the gun to a knife fight:P

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