Show us your TIES

[Two Types]

Oh well, it was worth a try!

 

[Quigley Brown]

Another mid-50s Pilgrim with some seasonal colors....

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[Baron Kurtz]

Towncraft Deluxe, Cohama Wrinkle Resistant (my ass)

 

[Widebrim]

Looks late '30s/early '40s...

 

[Baron Kurtz]

That would be my opinion, yes.

Fashion Craft Swirling Daisies. Note the subtle jacquard daisies. The print daisies could be cartoon exposions, I guess. Kapow!

 

[jamespowers]

Towncraft Deluxe, Cohama Wrinkle Resistant (my ass)

The Cohama Wrinkle Resister is the only cloth I know of during that time that actually was fairly wrinkle resistant.

 

[jamespowers]

That would be my opinion, yes.

Fashion Craft Swirling Daisies. Note the subtle jacquard daisies. The print daisies could be cartoon exposions, I guess. Kapow!

I have never seen a Fashion Craft label. Interesting.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I never quite understood. Were Cutter Craft and Fashion Craft ones you bought as kits to make at home?

I have a whole bunch of unmade tie kits from this era - silk or rayon quarter blocks with the two ends of the tie printed on them, and a lie to cut. I guess they would originally have come with instructions, and maybe the labels to go in when finished?

 

[jamespowers]

I never quite understood. Were Cutter Craft and Fashion Craft ones you bought as kits to make at home?

I have a whole bunch of unmade tie kits from this era - silk or rayon quarter blocks with the two ends of the tie printed on them, and a lie to cut. I guess they would originally have come with instructions, and maybe the labels to go in when finished?

That sounds about right but Cutter was a brand of tie maker on its own. Cutter craft might just have been one of their lines like Van Heusen's Van Cruise. Fashion Craft I have no idea about.
I do know that there were indeed tie kits around back then. I have a tie from a friend of mine that was her husband's. It was done by her with needlepoint to a pattern she bought back then. It had a label just as a factory made tie did too. It came with the package but I think it just said made by hand of some such thing. I'll have to go look for it when I get home tonight. I am sure they had the same kits already cut and just requiring finishing. I actually have a sheet of cloth featuring the girls in swimsuits tie tippers from way back then.
That reminds me. I have to have that framed.

 

[Paul Roerich]

Vintage Deco tie display stand? Right this way, sirs: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Art...764?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a23ec437c

 

[jamespowers]

Vintage Deco tie display stand? Right this way, sirs: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Art...764?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a23ec437c

Superba too. The guy is smoking dope if he expects to get that much but he certainly can try.

 

[Quigley Brown]

That would be my opinion, yes.

Fashion Craft Swirling Daisies. Note the subtle jacquard daisies. The print daisies could be cartoon exposions, I guess. Kapow!

It looks very well made.

 

[Quigley Brown]

Appropriate time.....

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[jamespowers]

Appropriate time.....

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Haband before the move overseas. Looks good to me. They used to make great ties. Too bad.

 

[Widebrim]

^^+1

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Merritt Cravats, blue polka dots, late 1930s.

 

[jamespowers]

Merritt Cravats, blue polka dots, late 1930s.

What is a Longshire Satin?

 

[jamespowers]

 

[Paul Roerich]

Yep. Been there, done that; but in teal blue.

 

[jamespowers]

Yep. Been there, done that; but in teal blue.

I think they are both the same color just different shading due to photography.