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  1. nightandthecity

    sniping....?

    sniping is bidding within the last few seconds so no one has a chance to reply. Work out the absolute max you will pay...if someone wins a dollar above you and you think "I'd have paid that" then you didn't bid your max. Run through it in your head, eventually you will reach a price beyond...
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    Public Enemies

    I have always been very interested in Dillinger and the 1930s motor bandits and devour all films on the subject. The film is apparently based on Brian Burrough's book, which I thought was excellent. Johnny Depp is a brilliant actor - I think posterity will see him as one of the greats...
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    Fair Isle sweaters

    From John Pick's account it was the military contracts that saved them. I have a couple of WW2 era slipovers and one does appear to be a Pick - it has a simple Royal Navy label only, but has sections of the 777 knit as in the photos above, which alternate with a classic nautical cable knit...
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    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    LOST WORLDS TRENCH & "GRENFELL CLOTH" LOST WORLDS are currently doing a limited reproduction 1940s Trench Coat in Grenfell Cloth - this superb fabric was the Goretex of the 1920s-1960s era and very hard to source nowadays. (WARNING: the LW web page includes a piece of authentic 1930s...
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    Fair Isle sweaters

    THE SLIPOVER..... Fair Isle style knitwear is so closely associated with the sleeveless slipover or “tank top” that you sometimes hear people refer to any sleeveless pullover as a “Fair Isle”, even solid coloured ones. So I thought I’d add a bit to this thread on the history of the...
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    Cleaning Kid Gloves

    Are these what are sometimes called "court" or "opera" gloves? Dress gloves in "white" (actually running from pale cream to yellow)...usually made from kidskin doeskin or similar. Usually unlined though. If so these are usually washable, and are sometimes even marked as such inside. But not...
  8. nightandthecity

    Need Advice On Measuring For Highwayman

    dormicia... sorry i didn't see your original thread, i only visit the lounge occasionally these days..... as it happens I have a highwayman which is labelled as a 38 but which in my opinion is really a 40 (and I have been dealing vintage jackets around 30 years now). It measures.... 24"...
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    IRVIN NUTS?...the ULTIMATE thread for those who love 'em!

    That looks exactly the same as my ex-jacket Andrew. Just imagine your jacket absolutely mint, all the blacking still on the zips, the fur not yet starting to curl, looking for all the world like a brand new repro….and you have it! Except NO “AM” on the label, and I think (my notes my be...
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    IRVIN NUTS?...the ULTIMATE thread for those who love 'em!

    now then chaps..... I used to own the finest Irvin in captivity...I sold it in 1999 during a moment of financial instability to a well known jacket collector. The label read IRVINSUIT. IRVING AIR CHUTE OF GREAT BRITAIN LTD. LETCHWORTH, HERTS. PATENT NO. 407445/32 and was stamped with an AC/33...
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    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    I should stop using it as a backdrop - keeps reminding me that it needs a coat of paint!
  13. nightandthecity

    Share your favourite Jazz

    Bireli and friends.......perhaps the best 8 1/2 minutes on the internet! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZey9fRiH4w
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    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    hey, that was mine! It went to a major Italian collector. They are surprisingly rare given the numbers that must have been made and their solidity. They do turn up on evilbay from time to time.
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    Newbie: Lucky or Sucker, you decide...

    Blimey! Cripes! Yikes! For once I am totally gobsmacked.
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    IRVIN NUTS?...the ULTIMATE thread for those who love 'em!

    I should have made it clear that they only wore US uniform and kit whilst training in the US. I presume that this would all have been returned on graduation (though not the wings of course) That is the impression I have got too. I have come across a fair bit of distinctively Canadian kit over...
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    IRVIN NUTS?...the ULTIMATE thread for those who love 'em!

    slightly OT, many RAF airmen trained in the USA under the Arnold scheme. One veteran I talked to about this says they were issued with all USAAF uniform and equipment including A2 jackets, and they received US wings on graduation. He still had the photos to prove it.....and the wings...
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    IRVIN NUTS?...the ULTIMATE thread for those who love 'em!

    I have seen a few pairs of Australian made 1936 boots. I've only owned one pair - they came from an RAF veteran, were identical to standard 1936 pattern, and had an Aussie makers label in......unfortunately I can't remember whether or not there were any government markings which would rule out...
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    IRVIN NUTS?...the ULTIMATE thread for those who love 'em!

    the only "black" Irvin I've had through my hands was in the early/mid-80s so I am having to cast my mind back a bit...... It was 1941 pattern with the chest seams and four piece back. It had the elastic strap behind the collar. It had long fur inside, and it was well made, without the cobbled...
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    IRVIN NUTS?...the ULTIMATE thread for those who love 'em!

    totally well buff man! Innit
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    Guernsey jumper

    well blow me down Mike! Yes, the colour of those Desert Rat ganzies is the true colour of the one in my pic. They look good in them too, though I do wish the BA would restore the serious floppy berets of yore, those modern things look more like skull caps. Right at the moment I am...
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    S.F. doctor honored for helping save France from Nazis

    Cowboy, I can see where you are coming from, but the resistance story is different in every country because the circumstances were different in every country. You can't realistically compare the situations in Poland and France. Resistance in Poland was a battle for national survival. Resistance...

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