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  1. David Conwill

    Vintage style interfere with buying modern clothes?

    I'm also one of those people who owns very little vintage but a lot of "classic" style clothing. The big thing is that I just can't find much to fit me that's vintage and what's out there is big money. The other thing is that my wife equates vintage with "used" and unless something is...
  2. David Conwill

    What periodicals do you read?

    Oh, gosh, probably, I didn't look. Apologies, Dave
  3. David Conwill

    Flask Question

    Hmm, I don't know because my flask is small and when I fill it (which is rare anymore), it's usually consumed within three days, but it does occur to me that maybe this is why my grandmother has always traveled with a glass flask. -Dave
  4. David Conwill

    What periodicals do you read?

    I was going to title this "to what magazines do you subscribe" but then I realized I have let nearly all of my subscriptions lapse. So I'll ask which ones you read and why. Maybe I'll find a title with vintage appeal that I've thus-far missed. I read (in no particular order): 1) Hot Rod...
  5. David Conwill

    Weather and Vintage Attire Woes

    My dad has always said that the coldest he's ever been was a sixty-degree night in Southeast Asia - it had dropped 40 or 50 degrees since the daytime and nobody could get warm. My first thought upon reading this thread was how inconvenient climate-control has made some vintage fashions. The...
  7. David Conwill

    Electric Fans.

    Target Fans We have one of the '40s-looking Hunter fans from Target. It's a nice fan, but after three years of use nearly every night (we're white-noise addicts) it developed a nasty squeak that I can't track down. It doesn't help, of course, that I have no clue how to get the housing off the...
  8. David Conwill

    What to do about "gas station" on hat?

    Don't rush out and do anything on my recommendation, but isn't naphtha an excellent solvent for petroleum based staining? -Dave
  9. David Conwill

    Finding a Vintage Career

    I was in the same boat, now I'm almost done with law school. I have this idea that someday I'll be doing mostly historic-preservation related work. I think the best advice was "make your own opportunities" - networking really helps for that. Find people locally who are doing what you want to...
  10. David Conwill

    Cheap Fedora

    Oh, I will say that I'm not a fan of any felt hat that comes without a liner and with a fabric sweatband (as does that Jaxon, I suspect). They're not much more than costume items for playing "adventurer" or "gangster" and they'll soon end up in the closet because they're not very nice looking...
  11. David Conwill

    Cheap Fedora

    I'm not going to be too hard on wool felts. They're a great choice for a student or a working man on a budget who needs something right now. All I own are woolies, and they do their job well. But be prepared to replace your hat about once a year if you wear it daily like me. My Dobbs "Gray...
  13. David Conwill

    Lets see your Balloon Tire Bikes

    Space Age Sears? Maybe you guys can help me. When I was in college, I was driving along a back road and found an old 1960s tank model bicycle sitting out like garbage. I knocked on the front door of the house and the old couple inside said I could have it and that they'd hauled several 1950s...
  14. David Conwill

    Bow Ties

    Highlander, seeing that you're from Missouri, it made me think of geography and neckwear. I think bowties are far more accepted in the American South than they are up here. This winter I was in a small town in the Thumb of Michigan and one of my in-laws friends was talking about the...
  15. David Conwill

    Guards at Empire State Building given classic look

    This is a good point, but I would hate to have that philosophy taken too far - BDUs and assault rifles would look just as out of place. -Dave
  16. David Conwill

    Post New Hats Here!

    Not mine... My wife's new hat. It's a deadstock Dobbs Gotham that she spotted in South Carolina and has talked about non-stop since. I got it for her as an early birthday present. -Dave
  17. David Conwill

    Dobbs Gotham?

    At long last... Here it is. It's Moss green and very nice feeling, the felt reminds me a lot of the Pilgrim I sold to Paddy shortly after I joined the board. It's certainly nicer than my two Dobbses (Dobbsi?). Interestingly, it has a dark brown sweatband instead of a black one like my hats...
  19. David Conwill

    Art Deco Magazine Rack

    Agreed. Nothing says "machine age" like wood painted to look like metal. Plus, a lot of wood items that were made to be painted in the first place do not take to stain very well. -Dave
  20. David Conwill

    Akubra Campdraft - WOW.

    The Campdraft is a very nice looking hat. If I'm not mistaken, weren't the original Federations simply reworked Campdrafts with raw edges and 16-ligne ribbons? Currently, I'm jonesing to buy a Federation and have the edge bound by a local hatter - but it looks like getting a Campdraft and...
  21. David Conwill

    "The Wild One" Motorcycle Jacket in Brown?

    The wife has been leaning on me hard to start riding to school instead of driving, so I've started shopping around for a helmet and jacket. Does anyone know where I might find a traditional-looking motorcycle jacket like the one Brando wore in The Wild One but in brown leather instead of black...
  22. David Conwill

    Suspenders For D-Rings?

    I don't have a source for suspenders, but I do think I have an idea what they look like. I believe the suspenders have a leather end on them with a metal (perhaps brass) stud toward the top and a slit about three inches below. The leather portion is threaded through the d-ring and then the...
  23. David Conwill

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Dinerman, why is there a Stuart at your Laundromat? Perhaps the crew are getting their tankers jackets cleaned? -Dave

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