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  1. David Conwill

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Hence why there are a number of orphaned Chevy engines from the '20s still around also - including one I'll be fitting to a '26 Ford chassis in the future. Swapping to a '28 Ford transmission and axle should take care of the weak driveline issues.
  2. David Conwill

    Do any of you guys follow any type of hat etiquette?

    I'm afraid I will never understand how inconveniencing others is somehow simultaneously respectful. As for sanitation, is that why hairnets and paper hats have disappeared from food service?
  3. David Conwill

    Do any of you guys follow any type of hat etiquette?

    I'm afraid I just don't understand your position, Mr. Hawk. You are referencing people today and yet you also find it unacceptable to base one's behavior on what was acceptable in the "so-called golden era"? What is your standard? HudsonHawk's Guide to Etiquette? Is that available at Barnes...
  4. David Conwill

    Do any of you guys follow any type of hat etiquette?

    Well, what better guideline is there for etiquette than the social norms of the era when hat wearing was most prevalent?
  5. David Conwill

    Do any of you guys follow any type of hat etiquette?

    These are not isolated incidents. It's a societal norm.
  7. David Conwill

    Do any of you guys follow any type of hat etiquette?

    Crowded table, 1930s. Winnipeg Christmas Shoppers inside the Hudson Bay Company department store, 1940s. Chicago Union Station, 1940s There’s so much flexibility to “no hats indoors” that it becomes a useless rule. “No hats in intimate spaces” is a far more workable guideline.
  8. David Conwill

    Do any of you guys follow any type of hat etiquette?

    Agreed. This was the point I was making above (you replied while I was composing).
  9. David Conwill

    Do any of you guys follow any type of hat etiquette?

    I’m really curious on this point. What about the post office? An airport terminal? The concourse of a shopping mall? The grocery store? Photographic evidence would indicate that all of the spaces were spots where men typically kept on their hats in the 1950s and earlier. My partners and I...
  10. David Conwill

    Civil War Forage Caps: A Review of Several Modern Sutlers

    Yep. Subscribing in the hope that some will be added.
  11. David Conwill

    Do any of you guys follow any type of hat etiquette?

    I recall the earlier thread, and that's about the best summary I've heard. It's definitely the rule I follow. I used to be in the "hatless anywhere indoors" camp due to my upbringing, but that's an extremely awkward rule to follow in most public spaces. The other "rule" to follow was "your...
  13. David Conwill

    Show us your Guns!

    Thanks for the tip! I need to liquidate some more modern stuff before I acquire any new guns. I still lean slightly toward a 97 as I have this idea that someday I'll try out CAS.
  14. David Conwill

    Show us your Guns!

    If I'd known then what I know now, I'd have asked for a Model 12 when my dad was shotgun shopping for me. The 1897s have always been too rare and expensive, but the 12s are way cooler than a Mossburg 500.
  15. David Conwill

    Man Cave/Vintage Lounge - Thoughts, anyone? (Heavy with photos)

    Man cave? Sheesh. I'd be happy just to get the garage and workshop organized and fully equipped. Neat topic, though.
  16. David Conwill

    What do you use to shave?

    Well, I finally got around to this. It appears I have a Gillette Tech. It is coded "K" and "1", which corresponds to the first quarter of either 1940 or 1965. I'm not sure if I'm reading the chart right, but I think the presence of a bar guard instead of a comb guard means mine is from 1965.
  17. David Conwill

    The Cap Faction

    Interesting conversation. In the hot rod world a "stroker cap" means a Big Apple / panel cap. Conventional wisdom being that it's named after the cartoon character Stroker McGurk: That other cap I sometimes hear referred to as a Johnny cap after the character from The Wild One.
  19. David Conwill

    Boater faction!

    Actually, the etsy prices seem remarkably low given that it's high summer and immediately following a big-budget remake of The Great Gatsby.
  20. David Conwill

    Writing / logos on clothing.

    Interesting thread. My initial reaction was “no, I hate logos!” But I realized that’s not true. While I did just remove the Carhartt logo from my dad’s old Ike jacket, I was considering stitching an aircraft- or automotive-related patch in that spot if the shadow in the fading doesn’t...
  21. David Conwill

    Formal Wear Primer

    Another thread to which I somehow became unsubscribed. I'm glad this came up and I'm glad to have rediscovered Midnight Blue's sight - I just pinned it on Pinterest, so hopefully I won't lose track again. Now if only I had someplace to go wearing a dinner jacket!
  22. David Conwill

    Boater faction!

    As far as I know, it's just Tesi. I tried one on at Henry the Hatter in downtown Detroit, but here's one online.
  23. David Conwill

    Boater faction!

    I've tried on a modern Tesi and found it to have the right shape and a comparable quality to my vintage Lee. I can't speak for the quality of Olney, but the pictures make them look right. Everything else looks like a department-store straw hat pretending to be a boater - thin, floppy, and...

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