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  1. dr greg

    Cravat experts please

    small necks Australia, but maybe made in UK, they're too small for me and I'm not the Maca generation at all, so I can't figure out what to do with 'em
  2. dr greg

    Cravat experts please

    I found a box of these, but they are more like ties, except for the fact that they are 9 inches shorter than any other tie that I have, and impossible to do even a 4-in-hand on without it ending up the length of a bib, any idea...nice patterns and fabric tho. Sorry about broad shot, cropping...
  3. dr greg

    A2 in HOT WATER !!

    vinegar I found this totally covered in mould in an old shed, utterly white and stiff as a board. Scrubbed it with vinegar, left in the sun for a fortnight, soaked it in neatsfoot oil, left in the sun for a month or so...voila..how old think u all, fifties?
  4. dr greg

    How can I save this old faithful

    inside out? Wow that's an extreme I never considered...but will now, and I do reckon Mulholland Falls is one of the great hat movies
  5. dr greg

    How can I save this old faithful

    Constant daily and workwear has told on this old Akubra, but there are no hatters within 600 miles, and I don't know about trusting any drycleaners.It's beyond the usual brush and so forth.
  7. dr greg

    Rescued

    blocking THanks guys, have to ask tho, what are flanges in the hat sense, I've seen some great old timber blocks in hatters and and antique shops but I did this one by hand, just like we did at school in the old days, warm water and fingers.
  8. dr greg

    Rescued

    I found this 3x Beaver Stetson at a market for 5 bucks with no ribbon and a foul pork-pie block so beloved of bumpkins, so I reblocked it to the best of my ability and got a free 2nd hand ribbon from a hatter. looks OK I reckon
  9. dr greg

    carbon dating

    carbon dating 2 OK tried a different host here it is: the label says 'italian cotton' and the buttons are a very old plastic, if not lucite
  10. dr greg

    carbon dating

    try again
  11. dr greg

    photo uploads

    who's the expert on this stuff here? I keep trying to upload a BMP 1.43m file thru webshots but it arrives as a 2kb JPEG every time, what's happening?
  13. dr greg

    carbon dating

    I give up, that's a several meg photo
  14. dr greg

    carbon dating

    and again
  15. dr greg

    carbon dating

    ??? I doubled the file size but no effect
  16. dr greg

    carbon dating

    try again still working out file size and so on with this webphoto caper
  17. dr greg

    Help needed with grosgrain ribbon installation

    hat ribbon From my experience in such matters, ordinary grosgrain has the problem you mentioned, which is why there is a special type that is actually slightly 'curved' to account for the slope up to the crown, it's very hard to get in any colour other than black, but I would suggest contacting...
  19. dr greg

    carbon dating

    Can anybody put a date to this shirt,a couple of people have said it's 60's but I doubt it, I see it more as something Tyrone Power would have worn at a pool party.
  20. dr greg

    I iron mine... do you iron yours?

    ironman Hey, I even iron my wife's clothes, it's nearly as much fun as ironing your money
  21. dr greg

    Macassar oil

    homemades Well I might try a coconut oil preparation once I have worked my way through several more bottles of Spruso and Bardsley's and other vintage hair care products from my collection, but I do make my own aftershave/bracer: 50% each of rainwater and methylated spirit and one tablespoon...
  22. dr greg

    Macassar oil

    of course My good lady wife has made her own to protect our club lounge from my brilliantined depredations
  23. dr greg

    Macassar oil

    Is the real thing still available, I've just about finished a pint bottle I got in an old barber's shop a few years back, although that may have been just a modern version, even if it was 40's/50's.
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