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  1. David Conwill

    Boaters in the 19th Century.

    Found one! Well, twenty views and no replies. That seems to tell me that a lot of people are interested, but nobody has what I'm after. A bit more noodling on Google netted this: The Richardson family having a croquet party in Denver, CO, c. 1890. Interesting that only the young boys...
  2. David Conwill

    WWII Crusher and Garrison Caps

    A crusher after all? As an update, Maj. Nick Danger opined that this might in fact be a crusher. It's got a flexible bill like a crusher. I'd be interested to know more about it if anyone has knowledge of the Berkshire Deluxe line of officer's hats from the Lee Uniform Cap Mfg. Co. of...
  3. David Conwill

    Steampunk, Dieselpunk, etc.

    I think this is going to give me nightmares. -Dave
  4. David Conwill

    Hats, Sweatbands and Hair products

    But what about those of us who just can't leave the house without Bryllcreem to tame our mane? Heck, mine looks like a brillo pad if I don't use at least a Nickel's worth of the stuff. OTOH, I haven't had much of a problem. Slight staining of the liner in my Dobbs (which I've seen in every...
  5. David Conwill

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    That Dobbs Rainbow looks like a much, much nicer version of my Dad's old Broner: -Dave
  7. David Conwill

    Boaters in the 19th Century.

    A lot of people seem to associate boaters with the 1890s and the 1900s, yet it seems like most of the photographs I see of them being worn are from the 1920s and later. Can anyone point me at a photographic record of boaters being worn in the Gilded Age? Not that I don't believe it was done, I...
  8. David Conwill

    Show us your vehicles

    Inspiration. I'd like to do something similar myself - but with a bed full of batteries and an electric motor under the hood. -Dave
  9. David Conwill

    A-3 Pants?

    hahaha, thanks. He was absolutely enthralled with those pants. I think perhaps my parents cat(s) were laying on them where I found them in the garage. He lay on them for a bit too after the pics were taken. I've since put them up. I'm rather excited to know my grandfather's jacket size...
  10. David Conwill

    Making my first leather jacket- the shell is done

    This is amazing. I am overwhelmed by the talent I see on this board. My hat's off to all of you. -Dave
  11. David Conwill

    Rescued some old friends from the barn today.

    Maj. Danger, that's fascinating. I had figured because of the soft-roll stiffner and the narrow strap that it was "just" a post war service cap, but I'm not at all certain of that. I'm fairly confident that the top is fixed in place, but then I might not know what to look for for an...
  13. David Conwill

    A-3 Pants?

    That makes sense, since my grandfather wasn't nearly so large around the middle as I, and I'm a size 36 to size 38 waist. He was a tall, skinny, basketball player type and I'm a tall, heavy, football player type. -Dave
  14. David Conwill

    A-3 Pants?

    They are not, they feel quite thick and durable and have no tears. I'm afraid I don't understand the meaning of "feed them up." -Dave
  15. David Conwill

    Like hell it's yours! Hat cards

    Here's one I just whipped up. If you print it off at 3.5" by 3.5" (I think the image is 4" by 4" due to editing constraints) it ends up just the right height to stick above your sweat band. I'm not a big fan of flashy graphics, so I just copied AlanC's example. Too bad mine don't have...
  16. David Conwill

    Rescued some old friends from the barn today.

    TimBer, actually, the cap is Army - from back when they used to wear khaki uniforms. -Dave
  17. David Conwill

    Rescued some old friends from the barn today.

    A new top? They make those? I wouldn't mind fixing her. The rest of everything is rather nice. Actually, I'm fairly confident this is a post-war cap, post-1952 in fact. Being as it has the narrower chin strap rather than the WWII-type 3/4-inch strap. But maybe that was only on the cap...
  19. David Conwill

    A-3 Pants?

    Interesting, as grandpa was definitely in a squadron of P-47s, at least at the end of the war. However, his capacity was more like ground crew - they repaired, or stripped battle-damaged aircraft. I wonder how he ended up with the B-3 "ensemble" as you call it - maybe just found they were good...
  20. David Conwill

    Tanker Jackets?

    My question is about history, so if there's a more appropriate thread that will help me out, please point me in the right direction. I've just rediscovered my grandmother's WWII scrapbook. Among the pictures of my grandfather are several in which he appears to be wearing a tanker's jacket...
  21. David Conwill

    A-3 Pants?

    These have been kicking around various closets and attics at least since my grandfather died. I believe they are the companion to his long-gone B-3 jacket (at least, I think that's the name for a "bomber" jacket with the exposed woolly collar). What can you tell me about these pants...
  22. David Conwill

    WWII Crusher and Garrison Caps

    Neither! I'm not sure what you'd call mine - a squisher? For the record, I found my grandmother's WWII scrapbook today. It appears my grandfather was the garrison cap type. I've got an excellent portrait of him in a B-3 jacket and a dark OD garrison cap taken sometime after he made...
  23. David Conwill

    Rescued some old friends from the barn today.

    This was the kind of hat I always preferred over the "crusher." Just a squished service cap. Unfortunately, it looks like my old friend won't be around for much longer. Only military hat I've ever encountered with a maker's label on the liner. Ushkana: This needs the snaps sewn...

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