Show us your TIES

[dh66]

Today's find comes from Desmond's of Southern California.

Don't know if that's a store label or a brand. Any input from the left coast?

 

[Widebrim]

^^Desmond's was a big chain out here years ago; there were still a couple around when I was a teen-ager. Great tie!

 

[Widebrim]

Skunks in love...Wilson brothers, acetate, from Hesse's Store For Men, Elmhurst, IL.

 

[Widebrim]

That's a very good tie, Widebrim! Nice to see you around, again.

Very nice! Good to see you, Lee.

Thanks, gents...

 

[dh66]

^^Desmond's was a big chain out here years ago; there were still a couple around when I was a teen-ager. Great tie!

Thanks!
From the dimensions I'm speculating early 50s. Does this jibe with the time frame of Desmond's?

The skunk tie is no stinker, that's for sure. That's a great one!

 

[Widebrim]

^Ha, ha...Regarding your Desmond's tie, definitely.

 

[dh66]

Thanks again.

 

[The Good]

Now, I've got two new Wembley ties. No widths or lengths were specified, but to me, they appear to be 1940s. I am hoping to win one more auction before giving the tie collecting a break until after summer. That maroon striped tie is new for me, and the black tie will join my collection of five others. I have no shortage of black ones, now.

 

[Quetzal]

Ah, those "Nor-East Non-Crush"-ers of Wembley, probably the last ties made in the Three-Fold Construction. I've always wondered if the black ties were used by the police or others who wore a civilian uniform. Though up until this post, I was under the impression that they were only made in solid colors, rather than in stripes. Interesting how yours is more-or-less "knot-planned." What were these ties made of? I though wool, but then I heard somewhere that they were a wool/rayon blend.

-Quetzal

 

[Luftwaffles]

Just made a simple black necktie from an old dress shirt that I never wore. This was my first ever sewing project, so I think I did okay.

 

[dh66]

Nice work, Luftwaffles!

Also, nice finds, The Good. I like the striped Wembley.

 

[The Good]

Ah, those "Nor-East Non-Crush"-ers of Wembley, probably the last ties made in the Three-Fold Construction. I've always wondered if the black ties were used by the police or others who wore a civilian uniform. Though up until this post, I was under the impression that they were only made in solid colors, rather than in stripes. Interesting how yours is more-or-less "knot-planned." What were these ties made of? I though wool, but then I heard somewhere that they were a wool/rayon blend.

-Quetzal

Nice work, Luftwaffles!

Also, nice finds, The Good. I like the striped Wembley.

Thanks! Unfortunately, the material was not known by the seller. I am guessing wool, but dacron or rayon are possible. I think black ties would have been very commonly used by the police, and the military, but I've read a post on here before, suggesting that black was mainly for weddings, funerals, and more dressed up events. That striped tie does look like it is knot-planned, though, with a stop to the stripes a little over halfway up.

Luftwaffles, nice tie! That turned out really well. Wouldn't it be a washable tie, since it was from a dress shirt?

 

[Dinerman]

Some ties I picked up today.

 

[jamespowers]

Ah, those "Nor-East Non-Crush"-ers of Wembley, probably the last ties made in the Three-Fold Construction. I've always wondered if the black ties were used by the police or others who wore a civilian uniform. Though up until this post, I was under the impression that they were only made in solid colors, rather than in stripes. Interesting how yours is more-or-less "knot-planned." What were these ties made of? I though wool, but then I heard somewhere that they were a wool/rayon blend.

-Quetzal

Non-crush was a total lie too. They would crush and wrinkle like no other fabric I have ever seen. lol lol

 

[jamespowers]

Some ties I picked up today.

The last three were GREAT finds.

 

[Dinerman]

I found probably 20 more 1940s ties in various leaf patterns, but with the way the market on them is, they're not worth my time even as resale.

 

[jamespowers]

I found probably 20 more 1940s ties in various leaf patterns, but with the way the market on them is, they're not worth my time even as resale.

I'll take them. I can get rid of them easily if I want to. Send em!

 

[Dinerman]

Next time I'm out, maybe I'll pick them up if I see them.

 

[jamespowers]

Next time I'm out, maybe I'll pick them up if I see them.

Works for me!

 

[Hemingway Jones]

The last three were GREAT finds.

Those are quite nice.