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  1. David Conwill

    Help me replace my dying Florsheims?

    Ooh, the Florsheim Imperial wingtips are a great looking shoe. I'm going to try and nab a pair in size 11. I remember seeing a few in thrift stores years ago. They were built like tanks! -Dave
  2. David Conwill

    Help me replace my dying Florsheims?

    Well, my trusty (Indian-made, 1990s-vintage) Florsheim cap-toe oxfords have finally let me down. The leather facade on the top is starting to flake away, revealing the structural material below. What’s sad is that they haven’t got many miles on them - the soles have never even been replaced...
  3. David Conwill

    Everyday Fellows of the Golden Era?

    My great-great grandfather (William, on the right) and his brother (David, with the badge): David died in 1926, so this was taken sometime before then: -Dave
  4. David Conwill

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    I just returned from getting a (long-overdue) haircut. While chatting, my barber revealed that she is in the process of becoming a Stormy Kromer retailer. I have been wanting to buy a Kromer hat for a while, and excitedly placed my order for a charcoal model in size 7 1/2. She showed me...
  5. David Conwill

    Hats or Shades

    How about aviators and a pith helmet? -Dave
  7. David Conwill

    Hats or Shades

    What he said. Hat and sunglasses together is the perfect combination for sun blockage. I personally don't think it looks bad, but even if it does, how big a fop do you have to be to want to be blinded for the sake of fashion? -Dave
  8. David Conwill

    Help! How to remove a coffee stain from my treasured Buzz Rickson B-15 ?

    Black coffee stains are essentially oil stains. I suggest naphtha (lighter fluid). I've had great luck getting mayonnaise out of neckties, hair oil out of felt hats, and the like with it. I’d try it in an inconspicuous place first to make sure it doesn’t take the dye out of the jacket or...
  9. David Conwill

    Golden-Era Hot-Rodding

    Just because I can’t stand to see this thread lie dormant... -Dave
  10. David Conwill

    Vintage professions you'd like to see come back.....

    Bootleggers are still around, it's just that DVDs and marijuana aren't as romantic as booze. I would definitely love to see a comeback of brave men in cloth-covered biplanes touring the countryside. Oh, and isn't it "gumshoe" as in shoes with gum soles for quiet walking? -Dave
  11. David Conwill

    Vintage professions you'd like to see come back.....

    You should meet my wife. She is perennially frustrated by the question "Do you work?". With two kids under age four and a 120-year-old household, you bet she works. -Dave
  13. David Conwill

    Here's what I want for Christmas - Steampunk electric car.

    Westinghousepunk doesn't roll off the tongue quite as well, either. -Dave
  14. David Conwill

    Vintage professions you'd like to see come back.....

    Here in the Tri-Cities of Michigan, we have two horologists and a talented neon-sign repairman. What I would like to see around here is a small, high-quality grocer and butcher downtown. -Dave
  15. David Conwill

    Here's what I want for Christmas - Steampunk electric car.

    Wouldn't Tesla-punk run on free electricity broadcast through the air? -Dave
  16. David Conwill

    Here's what I want for Christmas - Steampunk electric car.

    Dunno, but she gets the equivalent of over 2,016,000 rods per hogshead. -Dave
  17. David Conwill

    Here's what I want for Christmas - Steampunk electric car.

    You mean, if they can build it to satisfy the insurance industry... er, I mean, government safety standards. Put a tall, two- or four-passenger coupe body on the vehicle in the original post and you'd have something highly reminiscent of the Detroit Electric my wife and I had the pleasure to...
  19. David Conwill

    Sketch of my grandfather made in 1945.

    I just got this one over the weekend. This is my grandfather's senior picture. He graduated from Calumet High School in Chicago, Illinois in 1933. -Dave
  20. David Conwill

    Everyday Fellows of the Golden Era?

    I lost track of this thread after the transition, but I'm glad I found it again. I'll try to revive it: My great aunt and her husband-to-be during WWII. Another great aunt and her husband in 1936. My great grandfather and my twin great aunts in 1930. My great grandfather...
  21. David Conwill

    Reproduction classic workwear

    I actually have a nice set of herringbone coveralls that I like for exactly that reason, but there are days that I don't want to be wearing an extra layer, so I end up just wearing work pants and a work shirt, but some days I just don't want to wear pants (especially without a belt). -Dave
  22. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    I drive a Ford Falcon. It was the closest I could get to a Golden Era car in my price range and still justify. I’d have loved something from the ‘46 to ‘54 period especially, but the V8 Fords were too expensive, and it’s too hard to get spare parts for the rest. -Dave
  23. David Conwill

    Reproduction classic workwear

    Pointer Brand was another label that was mentioned in one of the two “Classic Workwear” threads as being classically styled, American made, and affordable enough to actually work in. I found a Round House retailer locally, and hope to check it out soon. I really want a set of overalls for...

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