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  1. HarpPlayerGene

    Painted Flight Jackets - Planes, Names, and Dames

    Do you think those are real images of painted jackets -- or are the designs super'd over jacket pix to simulate what a painting would look like?...
  2. HarpPlayerGene

    Painted Flight Jackets - Planes, Names, and Dames

    HA!!! I'm just a little pleased with myself that I'm able to get some decent effects without use of airbrush when I do these jackets. It's all traditional brush techniques which I feel is in keeping with what the servicemen would've done in the past. Thanks for the very nice compliments, guys...
  3. HarpPlayerGene

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Keep it, and keep your eyes open. At antique shops I've seen baskets full of cheap old shavers and parts that are priced cheap, whereas the really nice ones are in cases. It may take some patience, but you might just stumble onto the head that fits your handle one day in the future.
  4. HarpPlayerGene

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    I've got a thing for old maps, but usually they're more money than I can justify (also, I don't really have places to display them). That one is VERY cool, Tony. I could see dedicating a room (in the house of my dreams) for maps, globes and travel/adventure-related antiques.
  5. HarpPlayerGene

    Travel Trunks - do they still make 'em?

    Tomasso comes through AGAIN.:eusa_clap
  7. HarpPlayerGene

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Hi Rusty! Hi Tom!
  8. HarpPlayerGene

    Saw someone wearing a peacoat today and I want it...but I have no idea who makes it.

    Seems this one's not getting much response. I don't mean to be snarky - and I would help you if I could - but you missed the opportunity to get the answer you're now seeking here. You had someone standing right in front of you wearing what you want. The jacket probably had a label inside...
  9. HarpPlayerGene

    Forum Upgrade -- POST ANY ISSUES HERE

    THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I mean it. I haven't been using the icons because they were impossible to see. Of the ones above, #s 2,3,7,8&9 are legible and useful. Numbers 1,4,5,6 and 10 all look like pretty much the same little blurry yellow circle to me.
  10. HarpPlayerGene

    Show us your SHOES !!!

    Harp, as in Blues Harp or harmonica. Yeah, I can romp around pretty well with any band doing twelve-bar blues or boogie woogie. Great fun. So tell me, were you thinking harp as in harp??
  11. HarpPlayerGene

    Painted Flight Jackets - Planes, Names, and Dames

    Well, lil' witchypoo there seems like a popular gal. Thanks for the comments, Alan (and 442RCT). You set a high bar for me by choosing an Elvgrin to copy, but I really enjoyed doing the job. I'll mail it your way on Monday...
  13. HarpPlayerGene

    how many jackets are too many jacket

    HA!! This is good. You guys are making me feel better about having what I've got clogging up the closets around here. Jeez, I've got over a dozen leathers of different types, over twenty sport coats/blazers (a dozen of those are tweeds), two peacoats, three overcoats, two raincoats, one...
  14. HarpPlayerGene

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    That's just about as good as any 'koober could look. Really suits you to a 'T'. (HA! "T", get it!? I bust me up.)
  15. HarpPlayerGene

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    My favorite treatment also. Seems the hats I enjoy most have raw brim edges. Lookin' good, Mario, m'bro!
  16. HarpPlayerGene

    How much would you pay for a vintage necktie?

    I'm in the 'el-cheapo' camp. Not only is it a kickinthepants to pay only 25 cents to $1 for a great '40s/'50s tie, but I also prefer the in-person treasure hunt aspect to the order-from-Ebay approach. Just more satisfying all-around. My preferences aside, I think the $15-$20 range is fair for...
  17. HarpPlayerGene

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Congrats, Mobile. I've got the light grey version of the same hat. I agree with the '50s vintage. Very good fedora!
  19. HarpPlayerGene

    Show us your SHOES !!!

    Ha! That thing weighs about sixty pounds... EMPTY. And it's big and deep so those little porters of the past really earned whatever tips they got. I bought this one for $10 a few years back. Saw one like it in a thrift store yesterday with a $125 price tag.
  20. HarpPlayerGene

    Show us your SHOES !!!

    Nice stuff, guys. I've got this pair of Church's on Ebay at present: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170573589224&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_637wt_1111 I accidentally referred to them as wingtips (doh!) in my heading, but maybe that'll actually help get them noticed.
  21. HarpPlayerGene

    What are you wearing today??

    ^^ Whatever it takes, man, whatever it takes!
  22. HarpPlayerGene

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    That hat looks TREMENDOUS! The upturned brim works perfectly on you. I find that to really stretch a hat to a size or two larger requires water and Lexol. I carefully moisten the leather sweatband with the Lexol on the smooth surface and use some H20 on the absorbent back. I place some...
  23. HarpPlayerGene

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Thanks, folks!

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