The Rag And Bone Man
One of the Regulars
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Those are all great examples! The second from the left looks like it is a knot planned tie too. Bonus!All of these I picked up on ebay at the end of last year, apart from the second on the right. I ended up paying a whopping 12 bucks.
Although I had to go and pick them up I felt somewhat embarrassed, only giving the seller that much, but hey he was happy, and so was I.
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those are awesome. Are they American or Australian? They would be rather bold for Australian ties of the era …
Yes I do not think they would be Australian, the second from the right is a Sears, the boat tie is unmarked, the middle one is unmarked, second from left is marked with the name Panels, and resilient construction. And the far left is marked Carholm Cravat Gold Seal, all I believe to be are silk apart from the paisley design from Sears. I will be honest I have never really had a good assortment of ties in the past, but I have had so many comments about these when I wear them perhaps, I may catch the tie collecting bug.
Thanks all for your kind comments to..
I read somewhere that the "keepers" on the back weren't used until the 70's? Is that true?
I was using the keeper as a first step in filtering through all of the thrift shop ties.
Once I pulled out the ones without keepers, I measured them to look for the shorter, sub-55" long ones. (because I'm only interested in '60's or older)
I swear I can't tell any other way, except more modern ties have tags that appear more modern, but there are obviously a lot of gray areas there.
Is there any other way for me to date them? maybe the way they're constructed?
If anyone has any secrets to dating vintage thrift shop ties, please let me know!