Show us your TIES

[Baron Kurtz]

Nope. Just "Scotties".

 

[The Good]

I bought a solid black wool vintage '50s or '60s U.S. Navy tie.

It's 3" wide, and 50" long. Here is the label:

I could see wearing this with my G-1 or Raiders leather jackets, too.

 

[Quigley Brown]

Here's a late-50s hand-painted Regal.

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[Baron Kurtz]

Autumnal … and a bit rude.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Hound and flowers:

 

[countryclubjoe]

my dry cleaner charges me $3.50 per tie to have cleaned and pressed.

That seems high.

Best regards
CCJOE

 

[Widebrim]

my dry cleaner charges me $3.50 per tie to have cleaned and pressed.

That seems high.

Best regards
CCJOE

$3 is the average around here. Usually, if you give the dry cleaners at least 20 ties, they will lower it to $2 each. Better yet, learn how to wash them yourself; it really isn't difficult.

 

[Widebrim]

I bought a solid black wool vintage '50s or '60s U.S. Navy tie.

It's 3" wide, and 50" long. Here is the label:


I could see wearing this with my G-1 or Raiders leather jackets, too.

I have one like that, but marked US Army.

Here's a late-50s hand-painted Regal.

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That's a beaut. Hand-painted thin ties are rare, but they usually are quite spiffy.

 

[Paul Roerich]

The best-looking vintage Deco tie I've ever seen, hands-down.

The best-looking vintage '40s Van Heusen "Van Cruise" tie I've ever seen, hands-down.

Two in one!

 

[Widebrim]

^^That is a winner! And Van Cruise was a good series.

 

[jamespowers]

^^That is a winner! And Van Cruise was a good series.

I have a Van Cruise that actually has a Cruise theme---ships, sailor hats, life preservers etc. You have seen it.
Van Cruise was a good line that they had going---better than anything they make now.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I can't remember if I kept my van Cruise. Mine was silk lined, I think.

It was one of the first ties I bought in the US, so I might have kept it clear of my firesale. Must have a look. It might be in "The Graveyard".

bk

 

[jamespowers]

I can't remember if I kept my van Cruise. Mine was silk lined, I think.

It was one of the first ties I bought in the US, so I might have kept it clear of my firesale. Must have a look. It might be in "The Graveyard".

bk

Go dig it up then.
It certainly shouldn't be any place called that.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

The Necktie Graveyard. I think we've all probably got one … a bag for ties that have gone a little too far over to the other side.

 

[jamespowers]

The Necktie Graveyard. I think we've all probably got one … a bag for ties that have gone a little too far over to the other side.

Ah yes. That is where I put 70s ties to help light the fireplace in winter.

 

[Widebrim]

-better than anything they make now.

That goes without saying...even the $125 Italian ones...

 

[jamespowers]

That goes without saying...even the $125 Italian ones...

Well now, I have seen some decent ones of those---with gold thread running through them.

 

[The Good]

Modern ties are being made too long. Are they all just made for Windsor or large knots now, is that the fashion, or do low-rise pants have more to do with it? Actually, I've read on some website that Italian ties are generally a little longer too, because it is a fashion over there to have it go down below the pants more. I don't like that look, myself.

 

[Widebrim]

Well now, I have seen some decent ones of those---with gold thread running through them.

Yeah, they've got them in Beverly Hills...And speaking of Van Heusen, I believe that the nautical flags tie that I showed during the QM Event tie seminar is one.

 

[Annixter]

Better yet, learn how to wash them yourself; it really isn't difficult.

You've got that correct! I'd never trust a vintage to a dry cleaner. My mother found me three vintage ties on her antiquing rounds in some remote part of the country, had them dry cleaned, and shipped them to me as a surprise. She told me that her dry cleaner says he has been around long enough to know about laundering vintage ties. But their color still looked a little dull to me, so I gave them a nice bath of my own, and boy was that water all sorts of cigarette smoke nasty. They came out looking much more brilliant. With modern US regulations on dry cleaning chemicals, I think they probably don't change them until they are past dirty to where they soil fabrics more than they clean.