Show Us Your Purchases....GUYS !

[BellyTank]

Baron, I think you may have answered your own question but they are a nice "khaki" wool serge,
definitely more on the olive side of khaki. A relatively fine serge, in a mid-century military cloth context.


B
T

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Ah, i thought so.

I will be knocking together a leather (prob. goat) version of the KD jacket in the near future.

Watch this space! (size 35 only :eusa_booh )

bk

 

[carter]

Hello Ladies!

I just purchased a pair of Redwing work boots made for J Crew on ebay for $119.00 + shipping.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=013

[huh] I know someone here will appreciate these.

 

[marineabilly]

My newest pair of "snap jacks." I have about five or six of them - a couple of originals and some from Jubilee. They're original and deadstock. They were a bit dusty, but a nice Marine Corps spit shine with saddle soap did the trick...

Before:

...and after:

 

[carter]

I purchased a pair of Redwing work boots made for J Crew on ebay today for $119.00 + shipping.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=013

 

[vitanola]

Just purchased another pair of shoes, in brown kid.

These shoes are the most comfortable things imaginable, and are long lived. My black pair are twenty years old and are on their third pair of soles.

 

[Feraud]

Just purchased another pair of shoes, in brown kid.

These shoes are the most comfortable things imaginable, and are long lived. My black pair are twenty years old and are on their third pair of soles.

Brand?

 

[BellyTank]

They certainly look like the Stacey Adams... don't they?
You know, the ones that apparently, aren't very durable...?

I like them.
Love them.

B
T

 

[vitanola]

Yes, they are Stacy Adams. My old ones, made in Brockton, MA, have proved to be extremely durable. We shall reserve judgement regarding these new Indian products. they certainly appear to be made on the same lasts as the old shoes.

 

[vitanola]

Just received the new pair. Whilst they are ever bit as as comfortable as the old ones, the construction doesn't hold a candle to them.

The old ones were built like $4.75 shoes from 1926. The new ones are built like $2.00 shoes form 1926. I cannot imagine that they will be nearly as long lived
as my old pair.

 

[Spitfire]

I just bought this:

Have been looking for one for ages - and I just got it from e-pay. Cheap!

 

[HatMagnet]

My newest pair of "snap jacks." I have about five or six of them - a couple of originals and some from Jubilee. They're original and deadstock. They were a bit dusty, but a nice Marine Corps spit shine with saddle soap did the trick...

Before:

...and after:

Those look great! :eusa_clap

 

[Justdog]

Watches

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d138/justdog/Watch.jpg
Nice modern retro style watches

 

[Jerekson]

Hey BK, a month late I know, but if these are still floating around...any tips on finding them? What should I search for?

Dinerman, those are KD, yes?

I ask since northern Europe seems to have been flooded recently in these, which appear to be the jacket partners of those trousers. (they are all over every surplus store and market in London, and i just directed a certain doctor from staffordshire to one on sale on eBay.fr)

Or rather, maybe the drill cotton i see on your label pic is just the pocket lining.

bk

 

[SteveS]

1920's Mens Scarf

I found this scarf in an antique shop, the owner advised me that it was a men's scarf from the 1920's made of silk and wool.

 

[Slim Portly]

I found this scarf in an antique shop, the owner advised me that it was a men's scarf from the 1920's made of silk and wool.

Indeed it is. That would be an opera scarf. What a terrific find.

 

[SteveS]

Indeed it is. That would be an opera scarf. What a terrific find.

Thanks for the additional information slim! Who can tell me how are scarves of this kind suppose to be worn, folded in half lengthwise then placed around the neck, or left unfolded?

 

[flat-top]

Belt Back jacket by Perry Ellis. Only $100 with my employee discount!

 

[SteveS]

New overcoat I found a few days ago at a thrift store wool/cashmere blend. My sister picked up the fedora for me as well about two week ago. The hat, a Stetson, is nothing fancy and a bit worn on the inside but the outside is in great shape, makes for a great everyday lid.

 

[Chas]

I think the boys need a recent purchase thread.....

In any case, like Fats Waller wrote in a song..."I had to do it... I had to do it....what else was there to do?"

Louis Jordan - Box Set