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    The Man From UNCLE movie

    Whatta great series that was... perhaps we won't be disappointed with the new film...!!!
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    Anyone else like Hollywood Precode movies?

    Think Kay Francis in a silk nightgown...
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    What to wear under the Fedora?

    Yep, perfect advice given... you can wear anything you like...
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    Vintage Silhouettes Custom Hats - Official Affiliate Thread

    it's easy to use BTW... just put it on where you would like your new lid to sit and tighten up the tabs... All 6 of my VS are perfect fit...
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    Great Hat Flick...

    Robin and the Seven Hoods... Sinatra and his ring-a-ding-pack in a musical gangster spoof in the Depression era... not that the clothing is really depression era mind you... Loads of great lids of all types and bashes... Frank has a few but mostly his famous 60's style high crown center dent...
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    Life with ONE great Leather Jacket vs. Life with MANY Leather Jackets

    Question...COULD YOU HAVE JUST ONE HAT...?!?!?!?!
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    The Great Gildersleeve, with different music pasted-over

    I loved "Gildy"... Ah yeeeeeeesss...
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    Savinelli Bulldog Pipe, made in Italy, never smoked!

    I have 9 Sav's in my stable... they are truly great pipes for the price... but I prefer a bent stem...
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    Shocking Stories About Your Golden Era Relatives

    My Grandmother was a tough cookie... She became the manager and head buyer for a major department store. She wore slacks to work... she was one of 16 siblings (only 9 survived ). Her sister, Aunt Grace, was a real looker as a young woman and was bejeweled and courted by "UncleTony" who was in...
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    Vintage Pipe holder

    It does look to be 30's... may not have had an insert... check to see what the finish on the inside shows...does it look worn/used or "pale"... any tobacco bits... that'll probably tell you
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    Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame

    Artlite is a softer more malleable and lighter weight felt... weighs in like virtually nothing on your noggin... think vintage Borsalino. BTW check to see what colors he has available .
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    Crystal Radio

    Bump... more stories please...
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    Crystal Radio

    Never built one myself but in "58 (international Geophysical Year) I was given a crystal radio for Christmas in the shape of the Sputnik Russian space ship... I was amazed that all I had to do was alligator clip it to the radiator and I got radio broadcasts... I recall I also got a "Gilbert"...
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    Did and Didn't

    Great thread... Lizzie I don't know how you got to know all these factoids... but well done...!! As long as we're talking about food... I recall very well regularly eating brains as a kid in the early 50's. My mother would prepare them with garlic and breadcrumbs and broiled perhaps a little...
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    WWI Soldier's Room Untouched For Almost 100 Years

    extraordinary memorial... I would love to see it in person...
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    Vintage Silhouettes Custom Hats - Official Affiliate Thread

    Great lookin VS (as usual)... now you'll be thinkin about what to get next...!!! how about some head shots too...
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    The Archer´s Hat

    Absolutely my very first thought...!!!
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    Bruno Mars: Vigorous nods to vintage styles ...

    He is quite talented and his "retro" is very creative IMO
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    Favorite shaving soaps

    Proraso cream... from Italy... I like it. Tube lasts forever and only need a little .
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    Fedoras With Character

    I would venture to agree that all our hats have a unique character... 'specially custom made ... it seems to me that a hat never really stays the same... as you wear it for some time it breaks in and takes on a character/shape unique to the wearer and use,

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