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  1. David Conwill

    Which decade is the worst in terms of style?

    Around here, I see far more younger folk wearing neckties and jackets than I do folks born before 1975. Older people seem to view suits and ties as something you suffer through the day in, so you can change into jeans or worse when you get home, whereas younger people seem to enjoy showing a...
  2. David Conwill

    What do you use to shave?

    Darn, I lost a whole reply. Shaving-grade blades are still readily available at Walgreens and Rite Aid. Walmart doesn't carry SE blades, and Meijer (local equivalent to Walmart) devilishly carries hardware-grade blades in the toiletries section. Walgreens carries GEM-brand blades, which...
  3. David Conwill

    What do you use to shave?

    They look like this: -Dave
  4. David Conwill

    What do you use to shave?

    Fellas, I’m not talking about a straight razor or an injector, but rather a single-edge safety razor. I use a GEM Micromatic (Cost me $5.00 at an antique mall about four years ago): Typically with Treet blades and C&O Bigelow shaving cream applied with a Burma Shave brush, FWIW. -Dave
  5. David Conwill

    What do you use to shave?

    Is there no love for the Single Edge? I read that excellent introduction to wetshaving that was posted, and I read a similar bunch of first-time-wetshaving FAQs on Badger and Blade recently, and both completely skipped over the SE to dive straight into DE territory. I love my SE! Maybe...
  7. David Conwill

    Where on the radio?

    I had a CD player in my last modern car, but the problem I found was that I never had with me the CDs I wanted. With my iPod (iPhone, actually), I can carry my entire music collection with me. My Falcon has what appears to be a Mercury or Edsel radio in it. I haven't gotten it working yet...
  8. David Conwill

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Under wooden clapboards: Tyvek, or tar paper? -Dave
  9. David Conwill

    Where on the radio?

    Somewhere on the FM band. Wherever your MP3 player with the FM-broadcast device is tuned. Finding good music is a major problem. With rare, and pleasant, exception, local radio isn't local anymore (aside from the advertisements), and it's all been programmed via focus group to hit the...
  10. David Conwill

    Yet Another My Custom Tailor Suit

    I make no claim to being an expert in vintage clothing, but I'll say that if I saw this photo in black-and-white, I would immediately assume it was taken in the '40s. Looks good to me! -Dave
  11. David Conwill

    Who needs four-wheel drive? Offroading in the Golden Era.

    I did not know that. I'd love to know more. -Dave
  13. David Conwill

    Who needs four-wheel drive? Offroading in the Golden Era.

    Studebakers on the Rubicon Trail, c. 1920: Cut-down ‘34 Ford in the Silver Lake Sand Dunes, c. 1940s-50s. 1929 Ford touring car in Great Britain, present day Cut-down mid-1920s Ford roadster at the same event Restored Ford Model A mail truck/snowmobile...
  14. David Conwill

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    I agree. The HHR, PT Cruiser, and other attempts at “doing Golden Era” by the auto manufacturers leave me cold. No offense to the folks that like them, but to me they’re just caricatures. In fact, I feel silly wearing a hat and driving my father-in-law’s lipstick-red HHR: It’s like I’m...
  15. David Conwill

    Lets see your Balloon Tire Bikes

    I’d like to solicit a recommendation from the balloonists for a decent-looking, good-quality headlight/taillight setup. Preferably one with a generator. -Dave
  16. David Conwill

    Show us your Guns!

    Ala The Phantom, very nice. -Dave
  17. David Conwill

    Advice on a quality writing instrument

    I have an Esterbrook SJ, a Waterman Phineas, and a few Sheaffer No-Nonsense fountain pens. I also have a Sheaffer Prelude that I can’t locate at the moment (it’s probably in a jacket pocket, and I’ll find it in the fall). All are good writers. The Prelude is my favorite writer, followed...
  19. David Conwill

    Panama Hat Thread

    I’m growing excited, fellas. I just got a tracking number in my e-mail for a new Panama Bob number that I ordered. My first real Panama! -Dave
  20. David Conwill

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Parts Request: 1950s Ford passenger-car hubcaps I am looking for a set of four center caps from a 1950s Ford passenger car. Driver quality: I have a set of 1961 Galaxie 14-inch wheel covers to trade. -Dave
  21. David Conwill

    Dating for Fedora Loungers?

    Real estate prices are cheap enough right now, you could do a North Fedoraville and a South Fedoraville. Makes for a good excuse to build a railroad or interurban anyway. -Dave
  22. David Conwill

    Dating for Fedora Loungers?

    I met my wife on my first day at college - whilest wearing my pith helmet. It took me four years to win her over, but we've been happily married since September of '05. She's not precisely vintage, but neither am I. She definitely loves vintage aprons and '50s houswife dresses, and doesn't...
  23. David Conwill

    Felt hats in summer..

    See that's what I was afraid of. English changed and left me behind. The Wikipedia article for "Conical Asian hat" indicates several names for this hat, including the Chinese "dǒu lì" (bamboo hat) which I'm willing to bet was anglicized into "Coolie" and the widespread use of the dǒu lì hat...

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