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  1. emigran

    Lightweight vs Dressweight Felt

    Re: Brim...I have one Artlite Dove.. It's wonderful... Brim does get a little wavy now and then... I give a little spritz of Kahl's stiffener and it's good to go...
  2. emigran

    Golden era restaurants & cuisine of the era

    How nicely they were dressed... !!
  3. emigran

    Golden Era Dog Names

    Whomever it was said TIPPY... that's a great GE dog name...!!! when I was a kid my dear old Great Auntie had a black Cocker Spaniel named Tippy... had fun with him cause I could make him sit and lie down and fetch a ball or anythingyouwould throw for him...
  4. emigran

    Golden Era Dog Names

    Had a girlfriend in college who named her mixed Beagle -Pointer: Pookie Cecelia Anne... My Dad had a Chow Chow in the late 40's named Chang...
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    Golden Era Police

    STEARMEN: https://www.ridelikeapro.com/ Gotta check this program out... will change your mind about scraping floorboards in tight turns... it did me... Have fun...!!!
  7. emigran

    What are you listening to?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyb1nedj7bY&feature=player_detail Stan Kenton Standards in Silohouette
  8. emigran

    Golden Era Police

    it is universally accepted that Police Motorcycle Squads are among the top 2% in rider skills. There are civilian rider courses taught by former Motormen members that teach unique and somewhat "secret' skiils of riding. If you get achance to ever view a local community's Police Rodeo... go...!!!
  9. emigran

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Absolutely... Too funny BTW...
  10. emigran

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    My dad was a draftsman in the 50's and we always had rolls and rolls of blueprints around his drafting table with his T Squares and angles and French curves and an ivory SLIDE RULE... !!!
  11. emigran

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    This one may have been mentioned... "I'M HIP"... sounded like... "AAHM IIP"...originally musicians' jargon for... it's cool or I get it... haven't heard it in a quite some time now...
  13. emigran

    Question on crowns 1940's and 1950's

    alanfgag... if you are referring to my avatar... that crown is actually a 5 3/4 open with 2 1/4 brim
  14. emigran

    Quick Hello from a Newbie

    It is technically referred to as FAD... Fedora Acquisition Disorder. Unfortunately there is no known medical treatment available at this time...
  15. emigran

    Ice Cream !!!!

    First time reading through this thread... AS a kid we would go to the Pine Brook Auction and run up and down the myriad aisles while the grownups bought lawn chairs and hedge shears or whatever... Adjacent was O'Dowd's Dairy... an actual dairy farm with a store and an ice cream counter and...
  16. emigran

    Question on crowns 1940's and 1950's

    Have you tried to "push up a roof" so there's room...it probably won't extend past the upper outside ridge of your bash... I love a diamond bash without a "roof" but my skull usually won't accommodate a bash without one... even with a 6" OC
  17. emigran

    1920s/early 30s fedoras

    I too often think about the typical 30's dimensions... eg. the dapper Wm Powell... who seemed to always wear what appears like 2 1/4 with high straight crowns. he sometimes appears with a Pencil roll as well. Don't recall him wearing a brim more than 2 1/2. But I'm just guessing. I believe my...
  19. emigran

    Outlander the Series...

    Anyone watching this one...??? pretty intense. My friend told me about it... caught up on first 16 episodes over two weeks On Demand... Now I'm hooked...
  20. emigran

    bunny vs beaver

    Kwazy wabbit...
  21. emigran

    Frye Boots

    Back in the day no well respected hipster would be without their Frye boots... Went through several pair... I can remember wearing a brand new pair and getting stuck in my 68 VW and having to walk 5+miles ... broke them in sho nuff...!!
  22. emigran

    Searching for my next hat

    You will NEVER regret a bespoke hat... I have 6 VS beauties and one more on the way... Just keep looking and enjoy "our hobby"...
  23. emigran

    Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame

    Really great bash as well...!!!

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