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  1. cptjeff

    gunboats and jeans...can't do it

    No? Then how would you quantify it, and what would disqualify that shoe? 360 Degree welt? check. Double sole? Looks to be a check. Full brogue wingtip? check. Blucher? check. Gunboats or no (and what have you got against them anyway?) that kind of shoe looks great with jeans.
  2. cptjeff

    gunboats and jeans...can't do it

    I'd say that this qualifies as a gunboat: http://www.allenedmonds.com/aeonline/product_6526701_1_40000000001_-1
  3. cptjeff

    gunboats and jeans...can't do it

    No ya don't.... It's a fine look.
  4. cptjeff

    Jeans

    It softens and fades the denim, as well as shrinking it back to it's original size or smaller. The denimheads will buy jeans in a far too small size, never wash them, so they stretch out in some areas but are much tighter then they were intended to be in the legs. Leaving the denim raw (and thus...
  5. cptjeff

    Chaplin Mustache in Modern Day Society?

    Just to show how strongly we associate that mustache with Hitler, look at this cat: Uncanny, isn't it? From here: http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigmiaow.pl
  7. cptjeff

    Spectator Shoes

    No kidding. The best shoes I own were courtesy of Gene. And as you can see in this thread, he has a few pairs lying around.
  8. cptjeff

    Spectator Shoes

    In the realm of leather shoes, there is absolutely nothing that hasn't been made at some point in time. Keep in mind that until the last century, there was one way to make leather shoes, and that's how we make high end men's shoes today. Wood lasts. Leather. Thread (which has evolved to be a...
  9. cptjeff

    Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame

    It was in no way the norm back in the day. You could buy 'em that nice, but not a whole lot of people sprung for an all beaver hat back then. Most would have been wearing much cheaper stuff- rabbit and hare fur mostly. Think a royal stetson type quality.
  10. cptjeff

    Have any other men noticed this?

    ^or they're just trying to reverse the trend of vanity sizing and go back to what the sizes should be. Not everybody is fat, and not everyone wants clothes that are giant on them. I have a shirt or two that are marked as smalls that would be larges or perhaps even XL if the makers were...
  11. cptjeff

    Have any other men noticed this?

    I heard that. However, did they account for the fact that many of those may be meant to fit on the hips rather then the waist, so are made to fit a person with a waist of 36, even though they sit on the larger hips? Also, did they account for shrinkage? That said, I've known this for...
  13. cptjeff

    Wearing a tie in a company that does NOT embrace ties?

    The tie as we know it today was adopted by the europeans becuase it was less annoying then the lace collars that were in vogue then. Could the same thing happen to the tie that happened to the lace collar, shunned and actively hated because it serves no purpose and is uncomfortable for many...
  14. cptjeff

    "Un-dying" a leather jacket that was dyed?

    Nail polish remover is acetone. Also, I would really recommend using a leather conditioner after using any sort of solvent on leather. Otherwise you dry it out and could do some serious damage.
  15. cptjeff

    What's the Right Hat for fishing?

    I use a tilley. TH3, to be specific. Shade without the heat of a felt, and I never have to think twice about it. Dunk it in water to cool you off, floats (not usually too important...), has a windcord in case that's ever necessary. Really, they're just great outdoor hats in general, at least...
  16. cptjeff

    Show us your SHOES !!!

    I'm a much bigger fan of the All Stars then the one stars. Cleaner lines, a little more classic looking. No faux distressing. That said, I flat out refuse to pay the $60 they're charging for 'em these days. Wal Mart makes near identical ones for all of $12, though a much more limited color...
  17. cptjeff

    Help with vintage work boots/shoes

    Probably 1890s if that's when the mine closed. As for precise dating, that would probably be difficult. Also, pics of these would be awesome. And lexol or the like is the best way to restore them, I would think.
  19. cptjeff

    Star Trek

    You couldn't be more wrong about DS9. In many ways, it's the most courageous of the treks in exploring hot button issues, and the depth of the stories and characters made it endlessly fascinating. I cannot think of any TV series, Star Trek or not, that used secondary characters and developed...
  20. cptjeff

    Questions about knit ties

    At the rate he destroyed shoes?
  21. cptjeff

    Questions about knit ties

    Part of that was that it was one of the aspects of Bond's dress that was specified in the books. Blue suit, white shirt, black knit tie. The movies got away from that, but the literary Bond basically wore that as a uniform. Oh, also, the literary Bond hated shoes with laces and wore...
  22. cptjeff

    Jeans

    Shrink to fit will shrink more then that. They're not sanfordized. As for the modern cut, they seem to change it every decade or so. It's a fairly slim cut, so inspired by the 1940's one, which was also pretty slim, is hardly a stretch, but I don't know for sure.
  23. cptjeff

    Basic Black&White Camera

    If you're interested in getting a true black and white photo look, one thing to keep in mind is that to differentiate colors wildly different in hue but similar in tone, all sorts of color filters were used, so you could wind up seeing a royal blue and a firetruck red as something other then two...

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