Show us your TIES

[dh66]

Found at the thrifty today. It's a little shabby and the tag is missing but it was 99¢.

 

[1mach1]

That's cool, Dale. Great deal!

 

[Dinerman]

Some ties I picked up yesterday in Helena, MT

 

[Quetzal]

Some ties I picked up yesterday in Helena, MT

I have a similar black tie (very 1940s), but slightly wider and unlabeled. I like the green tie, the dark blue "snowflake" tie, and the rigged ship printed tie. The others, once again, look like "Fill-In-The-Decade Does the 1970s", but naturally more appealing.

-Quetzal

 

[Quetzal]

O.K. guys, here is my Three-Fold Tie collection, long delayed and awaited:

Possibly my oldest tie (help on date?), originally believed to be a cheaply made 1950s tie, and saved by me from my friend, who wanted to use it as a "Toy Tie", whatever that means:



The very first acceptable vintage (the 1970s IS technically vintage) that I found at a thrift store, found next to the 1920s or 1910s tie above in a box at the Salvation Army (now closed).



A "Van Heusen Original", found at the local Goodwill along with the last tie of this post:





This tie just caught my eye at the same Goodwill; right next to each other, they probably belonged to the same owner (a good chunk of my ties came from the same Goodwill), practically BRAND NEW. This is the shortest tie in my collection, at 46":







Much more to come...

-Quetzal

 

[herringbonekid]

nice ties.
the first one could be 1915-ish, unless the apparent width is just the result of a wide angle lens ?

 

[Quetzal]

nice ties.
the first one could be 1915-ish, unless the apparent width is just the result of a wide angle lens ?

Nope; because of its uneven blade, that is why I thought that it was a cheaply made tie. It's MUCH more uneven in person.

-Quetzal

 

[Papperskatt]

I love the first one. The rest is nice, too, but the first one is in a league of it's own.

 

[DamianM]

looks to be more on the early - mid 20s.

The selvedges where starting to get folded over by then

 

[Quetzal]

Here are more Three-Folds (dates on all are appreciated):

The second tie that I pulled out of the "Boxed Thirty". How old is this tie? It does not like to tied, either, and what exactly are the lines in the second picture?





Another "Boxed Thirty" that needed to be ironed. Very cool, but looks odd with a suit, and is blue rather black as it may appear:



Even though the N.R.A. was a failed program, I still think that they produced some quality ties (this was the best of the "Boxed 30"):





The final Three-Fold of the Boxed Thirty. Is that an original tag?







-Quetzal

 

[Boinciel]

Here are more Three-Folds (dates on all are appreciated):

The second tie that I pulled out of the "Boxed Thirty". How old is this tie? It does not like to tied, either, and what exactly are the lines in the second picture?

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-Quetzal

Mid 20s to early 30s. That stitching is there to hold the interlining in place and reinforce the long seam in that area. If you open up the tie or just stick your fingers between the interlining and the back seam, chances are that the interlining is just going to be in there loose and not slip-stitched or anything. As for the tag on your bottom tie being original, it's not. It's just the thrift store tie tacked on with one of those plastic-tag price guns.

 

[1mach1]

Great finds, Quetzal.

 

[jamespowers]

Another "Boxed Thirty" that needed to be ironed. Very cool, but looks odd with a suit, and is blue rather black as it may appear:

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-Quetzal

This is the best one as far as I am concerned. Blue and gold is a classic color combination. I would easily wear it with any of my blue suits, gray suits or even black suits. Nice finds all though.

 

[Quetzal]

A very 1940s-looking tie:

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A Wembley in BLACK?? Perhaps a policeman's tie (did civilians wear black ties?); there were two of these, bought both, and uploaded the one with a stapled tag of "L. Lockman":

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A Regal:

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Another one of the "Goodwill Thirty". The Three-Folds had "L. Lockman" attached:

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A tad boring, but it was one of the "Goodwill Thirty" that somehow was from Denver (I live in the Old Northwest):

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My version of "30s does 70s", but with some stitching like the brown tie posted earlier:

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Yet another "L. Lockman". I wonder who he was:

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As always, dates for any tie is appreciated.

-Quetzal

 

[Two Types]

did civilians wear black ties?

Yes. And they were specifically worn for funerals, just as they are today.

 

[mactire]

Yes. And they were specifically worn for funerals, just as they are today.

Aristotle Onassis used to wear a black tie every day, supposedly so his business rivals could not detect his moods.

 

[DamianM]

Mid 20s to early 30s. That stitching is there to hold the interlining in place and reinforce the long seam in that area. If you open up the tie or just stick your fingers between the interlining and the back seam, chances are that the interlining is just going to be in there loose and not slip-stitched or anything. As for the tag on your bottom tie being original, it's not. It's just the thrift store tie tacked on with one of those plastic-tag price guns.

That stitching was done away with by the late 20s, so it puts it around the mid 20s.

 

[LuvMyMan]

A very 1940s-looking tie:

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A Wembley in BLACK?? Perhaps a policeman's tie (did civilians wear black ties?); there were two of these, bought both, and uploaded the one with a stapled tag of "L. Lockman":

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A Regal:

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Another one of the "Goodwill Thirty". The Three-Folds had "L. Lockman" attached:

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A tad boring, but it was one of the "Goodwill Thirty" that somehow was from Denver (I live in the Old Northwest):

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My version of "30s does 70s", but with some stitching like the brown tie posted earlier:

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Yet another "L. Lockman". I wonder who he was:

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As always, dates for any tie is appreciated.

-Quetzal

Very nice selection of ties. We LOVED all of them. Thank you for sharing....we love it...but now please fix the links....lol!

 

[The Good]

Unfortunately, I couldn't see any of those ties. They are listed as attachments, but not images. Is it a problem from my end?

 

[Quetzal]

Hmm, seems to not work for me, either. So I'll just re-upload them in order:



















-Quetzal