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  1. bbshriver

    Shaving travel set-up

    You can buy travel soaps and brushes easily enough. I always grab a tea cup or coffee mug wherever I'm staying... even a plastic cup should work in a pinch.
  2. bbshriver

    Blue Book?

    Does anyone know of a tradition/history of "gentlemen" carrying a blue notebook? I'm getting my groomsmen fountain pens for my upcoming wedding, and wanted to get a nice notepad to go with it, and came across this. http://www.forgetfulgentleman.com/shop/bluebook Any thoughts?
  3. bbshriver

    Hat protection

    Exactly!
  4. bbshriver

    Hat protection

    Please excuse me if this has been brought up before, but I have a question. It's fairly easy to find "rain bonnets" for cowboy hats.. That is to say a clear plastic covering that goes over the hat to waterproof it. Does anything like this exist for the Fedora, or are we just supposed to...
  5. bbshriver

    FOR SALE: 1950's Nunn Bush Shoes with Basketweave toe box

    those are very cool looking, and even my size... unfortunately beyond my current price range.
  7. bbshriver

    Spit and polish

    Hear Hear!
  8. bbshriver

    Spit and polish

    Interesting I see you're *almost* local to me (I'm near Greensboro). Ft. Riley sounds very familiar. Some member of my family had something there. Don't remember what or who though. Either my mom was born there, or my dad went to boot camp there (he was in the army before the navy).
  9. bbshriver

    Spit and polish

    Does anyone have a good reference video? I'll check youtube when I get home, but just wondering if anyone knows of one that really shows it. I might take a pair of shoes over thanksgiving to get dad to teach me, even without Esquire wax.
  10. bbshriver

    Spit and polish

    Yet another spit shine thread As I've been trying to determine how to acheive the legendary "spit polish" I decided to ask over the weekend if my dad remembered how (he hasn't really bothered with it since he was in the Navy 40 years ago). He said the single most important part he found was...
  11. bbshriver

    Cufflinks and shirt studs

    It's how you say "white tie" when you're too tired to think apparently.. d'oh
  13. bbshriver

    Cufflinks and shirt studs

    Yes, I'm working with <$100, and more in the $20-30 range for what I'm asking my groomsmen to buy. However, there has been a change of plans now, we will be going white collar, limiting purple and gold to the cufflinks and button studs.
  14. bbshriver

    Different types of leather and their characteristics!

    I'm not a leather expert, but it would seem to me that with all the science that goes into getting the perfect beef cattle (including "steering"), that similar aspects would apply to leather. According to one of my friends who was... a hobby rancher, for lack of a better term, there's a...
  15. bbshriver

    Cufflinks and shirt studs

    As some of you know I'm getting married next year and trying to get some/all of the "little details" just to my liking. Maybe not perfectly following "the rules" but the way I want them. Or, more importantly the way my bride wants them. Our wedding colours are purple and gold, as purple is...
  16. bbshriver

    Different types of leather and their characteristics!

    Actually, steer hide should be from formerly-male animals.
  17. bbshriver

    What leather conditioner do you use?

    For any leather, from car interiors, shoes, jackets, I use leatherique www.leatherique.com It's recommended by the Rolls-Royce owners club, which is what got me into it, and I've been delighted with the results.
  19. bbshriver

    Shoe question, half rubber heel

    Indeed, though I don't really bother about the seasons (I'm still wearing short sleeves anyway!). I've made a habit of only wearing a pair of dress shoes once a week (though maybe once a week plus Sunday for church) Something curious about these particular shoes (not sure if it's normal or...
  20. bbshriver

    Allen Edmonds:How many??

    Will the Fifth/Park avenue accept a mirror shine, or is the leather too coarse?
  21. bbshriver

    Need to fix slight scuff on shoes

    Well this time around there is one place that has 4 reviews at 5 stars... Maybe I'll give them a try and see about some topys too..
  22. bbshriver

    Need to fix slight scuff on shoes

    Any tips on how to "find a good one"?
  23. bbshriver

    Shoe question, half rubber heel

    I've never seen/heard of full leather. Even my AE have full rubber. Yes, they are on the long/skinny side... still pretty cool though!

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