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    I Need Knife Help!

    you cant beat an "old timer " with carbon steel shrade blades
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    Whats on your Christmas list for this year????

    dancing and a pair of internal suspenders for my 1935-40 tunics
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    Generation Y?

    :eek: lol I hate that look it drives me mad. the only good thing about it is it is hard for criminals to run away with pants like that
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    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    I saw an add today for a vintage remake it was a dashboard watch from 1935 instead of hands on a dial it had the numbers showing through a slot it had a seperate dial for hours and minutes any one familiar with this watch?
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    Scouts

    nice thread.... I sew a lot of patches on uniforms and I am not very excited about the latest BSA uniform. the media pocket goes against my idea of scouting, the zippered trouser's are poorly made (zippers will fail and the poly blend will not be very comfortable) the media pocket will...
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    All hope is not lost

    I think I was raised right I open doors, put a lady on the proper side and all but it is getting harder to find women that understand or apprieciate that sort of thing
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    Rum and Coke Question

    rum and coke with a lime twist is good but for a little different taste try rum and rootbeer
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    Curling Sweater

    i picked up a curling team patch at a garage sale a few months ago
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    Fabrics

    I have had customers purchase fabric from fabric.com but some times I find flaws in the fabric
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    Has anyone ever stopped you and asked if they could "pet your coat"?

    while wearing a white deer skin jacket a young lady was rubbing the soft leather at my back and said "it is so soft, it feels like rabbit." I said it was and she said " I didnt know rabbits got that big"
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    Steampunk, Dieselpunk, etc.

    watch the golden compass for steam punk idea's sorta SCA meets the 19th and 20th century
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    salvation army jacket

    i'll try to post a picture this week. I was at the shop next door talking costumes and the fellow said he had a 1916 salvation army coat I said I was making 1916 salvation army outfits for some curent SA women and he said he would let me have the coat for a while to copy.
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    What do you do for Living?

    I am a tailor. I still use the 1934 singer 31/15 I recieved when I finished my apprenticeship 25 years ago. I have several vintage machines but I also have a few newer ones. I do a lot of hand sewing on period items and vintage clothing. I also have a tree farm. Hard woods.
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    Vintage Camping Equipment

    I have a gas powed iron it is very much like a coleman stove or lantern. I use it for display only but a camping outfitter store up the road has a few and I think he tried them out. for the dapper camper who is in good style I guess it must have been the thing to have.
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    WWII Reenactments

    if you go to At the front .com he has links to all sorts of units vendors and historical sites
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    Vintage Camping Equipment

    who was it that use to camp with Ford in one of his model T's Edison? or that genius guy? you can probably find some pictures of their adventures.
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    A Nice Autumn Drink

    I recieved a gift of Pyrate rum and pure maple syrup this fall I will try this drink tonite
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    have you ever tried a white port?

    I picked up a bottle of white port from a winery in tennesee this summer and I thoughally enjoyed it. Has any one else ever tried a white port?
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    Most amazing store I've visited in a long time...

    Well next time you visit Hardwicks you better visit my shop, Der mann!!! , I am just around the corner on Guilford and I am sure you will find my tailor shop just as facinating. I grew up walking by hardwicks, my fathers tailor shop was a few doors down on the avenue. It is still there but...
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    Pipe newbie

    I put my pipes away 16 years ago but I have been thinking about starting up again. I still have a clay and a pewter tavern pipe. A friend recently purchased a meerchine {sp} and suggested smoking a bowl at martini night. If you are in the indpls area on a tuesday evening you are...

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