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  1. dr greg

    aha! Got one.

    wax lyrical I can report that the application of the abovementioned tripartite formulation has had a most miraculously efficacious effect on the coat at the top of the thread, transforming the leather to a state of suppleness and vigour unparallelled in both my estimation and experience, I...
  2. dr greg

    aha! Got one.

    the good oil If I could take the thread back a bit, I ran out of neatsfoot oil today while fixing up a couple of old Gladstone bags, and not wishing to drive into town, went into the shed and hunted up some linseed oil, pure industrial grade lanolin, and beeswax. Equal parts or thereabouts of...
  3. dr greg

    Please comment on this coat

    research Look's 40's to me at an uneducated glance, haver you googled the names on the labels?
  4. dr greg

    Need help, HAT GIVEAWAY!!!

    THE SHARPTONE !!!
  5. dr greg

    Nazi and Soviet Medallions

    time heals all wounds I think it's just a matter of perspective as you point out, who would care if one went to a fancy dress party as Genghis Khan for instance, or even to better make the point, Tamurlane, who in his time, probably killed more people on a proportional basis than Hitler and...
  7. dr greg

    Men's Underwear Basics: Underwear, Undershirts

    uniform It's quite acceptable in this country to wear them as a single garment during the day, but at night one would have to be hanging out at either a mining camp or an inner city gay bar to get away with it. The G&L crew really adopted a lot of 'working class' apparel over here and make up...
  8. dr greg

    Any Akubra's in Melbourne?

    I say sir Was that the gay guy who's been there for years? I used to have long chats about hats with him in the old days when the number of lids to be seen on the street was far fewer than today.
  9. dr greg

    Post-Apocalyptic Films of the 80's

    it's all been done before I enjoyed it a lot, but couldn't help noticing that it was nearly a note-for-note rerun of this forgotten classic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Prey
  10. dr greg

    Men's Underwear Basics: Underwear, Undershirts

    in the beginning here's where it all started http://www.essortment.com/all/legendsshearing_rvha.htm
  11. dr greg

    Post-Apocalyptic Films of the 80's

    well wells The trouble with Vernon Wells was that he was best at acting without dialogue, once he started talking like in Commando with Arnie....dear o dear, he was worse than Mike Preston as Pappagallo, which is saying something, but still, MM2 is the one that wrote the book on post apoc...
  13. dr greg

    New glasses???

    no contest the top pair, more dignified and studious
  14. dr greg

    Any Akubra's in Melbourne?

    cutting it The barber section at Gowing's was classic.
  15. dr greg

    aha! Got one.

    time will tell I've used neatsdfoot oil for years as I said, and seen no ill effect of any kind, I have one old jacket that has been given at least 6 coats in 25 years and still holds together...another 25 might be a different story? Amazing the size of that factory! I expected a huge building.
  16. dr greg

    Tell me about Harris Tweed?

    can't give it away I sell clothes at markets and it's winter here, but no-one wants tweed, let alone Harris, even though the fashion mags show all the sour-faced young rockjaws poncing around in $1000 tweed jackets. me no understand.
  17. dr greg

    aha! Got one.

    the good oil I'm surprised to hear you say that old chap, pure non-chemical neatsfoot oil has been my weapon of choice in restoring old leather for many years without any ill effect I've noticed, what's the story on its negative aspects?
  19. dr greg

    movie hats that inspired you...

    amazing I was really shocked at how quickly it vanished from the big screens, which happily is where I saw it! It really gets in your head that one. The first day after I'd seen it if you asked me I would have said 'it's OK'... three days later, 'it's quite good' and by a week later " what a...
  20. dr greg

    German bunker re-appears after 63 years

    fort the battles When I was a kid we used to play war games while on holidays at the beach here; http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozatwar/fortbribie.htm
  21. dr greg

    aha! Got one.

    20 years ago I had one of these coats stolen, and have never seen another one since, but I got this on EBAY for $70 advertised as a "WW1" coat, no way to my thinking, possibly WW2 Coastwatcher issue from the southern coast, but bloody nice, I slept rough in my old one on some brutal cold nights...
  22. dr greg

    Sherlock Holmes Hat

    Brett by a long shot My vote is for Jeremy Brett, I haven't seen the episodes since they were on TV sooo long ago, but the impression remained as the best Holmes EVER, but I did enjoy Murder By Decree on the big screen.
  23. dr greg

    Fashion fads we love to hate

    Brace yourself I can't imagine a situation where one would wear a belt with a waistcoat apart from appearing as an extra in Deadwood.
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