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  1. David Conwill

    Refurbished stetson/Art Fawcett

    If you want to email them to my "normal" e-mail address, I'll post them for you: williamd.conwill "at" gmail.com -Dave
  2. David Conwill

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    This thread made me realize that style versus technology isn't just a debate limited to cars. I used to frequent many automotive forums, most prominently the HAMB ("Spreading the gospel of traditional hot rodders.") and there is always someone who will look at a pure "old tech" car and say "It...
  3. David Conwill

    In a perfect world ...

    I love it! I would have maybe done a few things different myself (narrower brim with that ribbon, more curve flanged into the brim) but it's a very interesting hat now. Nice work. -Dave
  4. David Conwill

    Dobbs Gotham?

    A couple weeks ago my wife and I were in Charleston, SC. We stopped into a little shop in the market called "The Charleston Hat Man" (a very nice shop, by the way, with a friendly and helpful staff). Well, I was so fixated on buying myself a summer straw that I neglected to note my wife's...
  5. David Conwill

    Bow Ties

    Didn't Oscar Wilde say something to the effect of it being the final exam for manhood to be able to tie a bowtie? It certainly felt like a right of passage to learn - thank goodness for Video Jug! I wear one about every two weeks, just to keep in practice. Unfortunately, I often don't have...
  7. David Conwill

    Fabulous Fountain Pens - Golden Era classics you can use today!

    Okay, you people, you've gotten me started... I just bought some Pilot Varsity pens to try out at school. I've played with them a bit, and I suspect they'll be a good "gateway" pen to the real thing. The best part was, I was able to sell my wife on the "reusable" part. A fountain pen that...
  8. David Conwill

    Trains

    Grand Rapids recently began talking about replacing most of their bus system with lightweight rail (i.e. streetcars). It seems it wouldn't be hard, as many of the brick streets in GR have a broad strip of asphalt down the middle covering up where the tracks used to be, so we're all used to...
  9. David Conwill

    Who on Earth was it?

    Funny this thread coming up just now. I happened to search "Stetson Whippet" on eBay last night (I normally don't torture myself) and saw this drama unfold. The hat was at $61.00 when I glanced at the auction and saw it wasn't my size. I was discussing the value and quality of vintage hats...
  10. David Conwill

    Bookster Three Piece Tweed

    I finally get "high armholes" This pic: Finally explains what is meant by armholes that are too low. Other than that, it's a very nice looking suit. I would definitely wear it. -Dave
  11. David Conwill

    Typewriters

    Found this comment while searching for another topic (handwriting). This typewriter sounds like my grandmother's typewriter. I vividly remember as a young boy, before she moved to town, receiving a weekly cursive-typewritten letter - usually on some kind of pastel-colored stationary. She's...
  13. David Conwill

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    Sounds like the technique I've seen used with Lebels in a lot of French Foreign Legion films - treat the thing like it's a single-shot rifle until you don't have time to reload anymore, then open up the magazine cutout and start pumping rounds up from there. -Dave
  14. David Conwill

    Sterling with dinner?

    We're lucky if we eat at the table, lately. :( I think it's because we have a huge dining room table crammed into our tiny apartment - that and because it's right by the door and gets used as a catch-all to drop whatever we're holding as we come into the apartment. Still, I think as Callie...
  15. David Conwill

    Classic Style #5

    Splendid! Thanks, MK. I'll be on the lookout. -Dave
  16. David Conwill

    The DINER.

    That's about fifteen minutes from my wife's grandparents' house in Sturgis, MI. When we found out about it via Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives we declared that we won't go visit them again without checking it out. -Dave
  17. David Conwill

    Classic Style #5

    Has anyone found this issue at B&N yet? I keep asking and they keep telling me that since it's a quarterly they don't know if they'll be getting it at all. I'm not fixed on getting it at B&N, but I do have a gift card. I guess I'll check Borders on Monday as well. -Dave
  19. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    Country Club, anyone? Here's one I've been researching lately: The 1947 Chevrolet "Country Club" wood-trim option. Made by Engineering Enterprises, Inc., it was a dealer-installed wood kit to make your '47 or '48 Chevy (Aerosedan, coupe, or ragtop) look like Chevy's version of the...
  20. David Conwill

    New Indy Flick Poll

    I haven't seen the film yet, but I keep hearing speculation that between the ending and the high box office receipts, this might not be "it" for the franchise. Maybe the mantle is going to be passed down onto Mutt? I hate to say it, but I hope not. I just don't feel like anytime after 1957...
  21. David Conwill

    Giant Pith Helmet Thread of Doom

    I met my wife while wearing a pith helmet! I really like mine, as ratty as it is. Mine is a U.S. Navy piece, probably from the Vietnam era, but as you can see from this picture of my grandfather in 1942, they didn't change much from WWII: I don't usually find enough excuses to wear mine...
  22. David Conwill

    Summer Hat Questions

    Sometimes ignorance is bliss. The day I purchased it, I wore this Dobbs Shantung in a downpour for about an hour and a half. Aside from my head getting wet, it seems none the worse for the wear. I can't speak to what the effect of doing that repeatedly would be, however. -Dave
  23. David Conwill

    Do I Dare Go Thin.....?

    Another vote for the wide, low-contrast option. I like this a lot. -Dave
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