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Quigley Brown

Call Me a Cab
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Des Moines, Iowa
1940s autumn. I don't think this is hand-painted. It's sort of silk-screened.

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Annixter

Practically Family
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783
Location
Up Yonder
^That's an interesting tie. Reminds me of Batman, which probably says more about my psychological state in relationship to Rorschach patterns than anything.
 

Pera.T

One of the Regulars
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131
Location
New Zealand
I was lucky enough to find this in one of the local thrift stores a few weeks ago. A deadstock Parisian President (a New Zealand tie brand) with the original label and Farmers department store price sticker. Very cool to find things like this!

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Dan'l

Practically Family
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821
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Somewhere in time
Some very nice looking ties posted here gentlemen.
QB, that 1940s Autumn tie is splendid
Pera.T, that tie is just amazing
Widebrim, always something nice.
 

Tommy

One of the Regulars
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284
Location
Pennsylvania USA
Because golden age ties are shorter in length, and because I'm tall, I've had an issue with getting the proper tie length and knot. My solution as of late is to tie it in such a fashion that the narrow end doesn't exist, but essentially ends at the knot. This seems to work for me on most of my vintage ties around 50" in length.

My question is, is finishing the narrow end/knot like this kooky or wrong? It actually makes for a cleaner presentation, but I was just wondering what you guys think...
 

Tommy

One of the Regulars
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284
Location
Pennsylvania USA
The other 'crazy' question for you guys involves recycling or salvaging a stained/damaged vintage tie. a lot of the vintage ties have visible fading/wear/stains on them, which is probably why they make themselves available on the market. But some of the makes look as if it would be fairly easy to convert them into the late 50's early 60's skinny ties, by using the narrow end as the outside, and converting / resewing the fat end to make it narrower than the narrow end.

Most of the narrow ends of ties are in better condition because they are protected and not as exposed to mishaps. I have a couple of ties that would seem candidates for that treatment. I'm gonna try it, but was wondering forum members thought. Am I committing sacrilege?
 

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