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    Help for picking fountain pens

    Rick, Any suggestings for bringing a fountain pen on an airplane? Is this a major issue? I would like to bring my Eversharp and also the Monteverde Mega out to California. I'm heading out Friday at about 9AM from Reagan National. I have read all sorts of recommendations from "do nothing"...
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    Choosing Ink for the fountain pen.

    I have Swisher's Nantucket Blue and it's quick drying. I can sign my name and then run a finger over it and it will not smear. For me, a quick to fairly quick drying ink is essential. I never thought I would be able to use a fountain pen but thanks to Pen Haven I am using one now. I have to...
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    The Tweed Suit

    My camera died. I'm going to try and see if I can get it replaced soon. I"ll get a photo up when I do. Barry
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    Pencil Mustache

    After about 2.5 weeks I don't think mine is going to work out. It's just not coming in that thick and it looks somewhat ridiculous. I'm going to give it another week or two and see what happens. In the past, I have had some hairs start out blond and light and then turn dark and thick in a...
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    EVERYTHING IS IN TEXAS

    I have contemplated moving within the next few years. This would depend on my job situation. I have lived in the DC area for a long, long time now. I feel as though I need a change. My sister is a market-analyst for a real estate developer and she really enjoyed her trips to Austin. In...
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    How to travel with hats

    This is overkill but it will keep my hat safe. I think it was intended for a cowboy hat...maybe. A cardboard hat box fits in fairly well. At some point I'll put some type of a mount inside and re-line everything. Personally, I'd rather have a hat like the one Matt Deckard photographed. That...
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    The Tweed Suit

    Peter, I probably should have contacted you before posting so I apologize. I had it cleaned and I am 100% happy now. I would be happy to purchase from you again. The fabric of the suit was and still is in perfect condition. I was thrilled to find this suit.. I'll post a photo of myself...
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    Pencil Mustache

    Any thoughts on moustache dye? My moustache is coming in so-so. After two weeks it is mostly blond with a few dark brown stragglers. I tried to grow one a couple of months ago but I gave up. It was just too light in color. Barry
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    What are you listening to?

    Dang Good Boogie Carl Sonny Leyland Barry
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    Indy Fedora AND Jacket??

    I posted a message a month or so ago about the time I was sitting outside of a deli. Among other things I was wearing a fedora, an Aero Cossack and some nice pressed trousers and a nice shirt. A guy walked past me and then turned around walked back and stared at me for a second. He commented...
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    Is Dryel Safe for my vintage garments?

    The wetcleaning did the trick. The musty odor is gone from the jacket. It's in great shape. Barry
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    Modern Chinos

    You mentioned DC in a previous post. I live near Field Tailors and I usually take anything I need altered to his shop - with the exception of minor hemming jobs. I like to bring up his shop here because he is excellent. I suppose if I had the legs taken in a bit at the thigh and the rise...
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    Classic Style

    I just e-mailed one of the officers of our local Art-Deco society (www.adsw.org) and informed him about Classic Style. Hopefully he'll get the word out too. Barry
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    Is Dryel Safe for my vintage garments?

    The Whirlpool Refresher is great. I dropped off a tweed sui for "professional wetcleaning." This was my last resort for the suit. I tried just about everything including Wildroot's vodka and water mixture. The musty BO smell just kept coming back. I'm a bit worried about the results...
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    Period Correct Writing Instrument

    I find e-mails somewhat impersonal. However, I have recieved a few that I have kept for some time now. I believe the feeling can come across electronically. I think a note written with an old fashioned typerwriter (or on a word processor with vintage typewriter fonts) on personal stationery...
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    Modern Chinos

    Any thoughts on Berle? I have one pair of white trousers - they're ok. Can Bill's be altered easily? If so, maybe I could have them taken in a bit. My problem is that I am relatively short and my posterior is flat. I can wear most shorter rise trousers and certain regular rise trousers (if...
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    That tune in your head

    I listened to it a couple of days ago. The song is stuck in my head. Thunderbird ESQ by The Gories. Barry
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    My humble entry into fountain-pen life

    Rick, I must have tested out about a dozen vintage pens or more and once I started writing with the Skyline I knew that was the one I wanted. A fine and fairly stiff nib seems to be perfect. Combine those two features with a fairly-quick to super-quick drying ink and I'm a happy guy...
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    Choosing Ink for the fountain pen.

    HJ, What a coincidence. I was in a pen store today and talked to the owner. He let me test an ink called "Nantucket Blue." It's an ink specially blended by Noodler's for Swisher Pens. He said if I showed it to my parents they would probably recognize it as "Schaffer Peacock Blue" from...
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    What Are You Reading

    two books Manhunt by James L. Swanson The Contract with G-d Triology by Will Eisner Barry

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