Show us your TIES

[dh66]

Perhaps the time traveling hipster (dark shades, crazy hair) told them about pac-man. Or perhaps Pac-Man himself is able to travel through time. Hmmmm......either way it's a cool Wembley

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[Feraud]

Hoem Stead made lots of hand woven ties in the 1950s. This is one I particularly like:

Very nice!!

I love woven ties and any motif with regards to animals and the great outdoors. :eusa_clap

I've posted this before but what the heck, here it is again.

 

[dh66]

Very nice.

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[Baron Kurtz]

TT knows his British ties. Those are all probably from the 50s. The Trevira one probably later 50s, too.

Construction and designs all point towards 30s or early 40s neckties not 50s

 

[jamespowers]

Very nice!!

I love woven ties and any motif with regards to animals and the great outdoors. :eusa_clap

I've posted this before but what the heck, here it is again.

Interestingly, I have a similar one but without the logs and branding irons. Maybe someone washed it too much.

 

[Two Types]

Cheap, poor quality, British tie. Very short, difficult to date:

 

[dh66]

Cool. Are the lighter threads metallic?

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[Talbot]

I love this. I wonder how long it would be before the hot under the collar jokes would cease.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

What's poor quality about it? The fabric or the workmanship? In my experience even the cheapest ties from Britain don't come close to the kind of 5 cent barrow-stall garbage that was being produced in the US at the same time.

Cheap, poor quality, British tie. Very short, difficult to date:

 

[Two Types]

Good point! It just seems - well how should i put it? - a bit thin and lifeless compared to other ties I own. Mind you, I like it and i'm sure it will get plenty of wear.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Looks like a bobbly crepe. Is it knitted?

 

[jamespowers]

And the ties of the day from Pilgrim:

 

[dh66]

Tasty. I especially like the green and orange-ish bronze one.

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[Annixter]

I haven't posted any of my ties for far too long, but I have been finding more here and there, mostly at thrift stores. I'm going to take pictures over the next few days and post them.



The horse tie comes courtesy of Widebrim and is my first and only horse.

 

[dh66]

Very nice group of ties. Hard to go wrong with a horse head tie. Fairly inappropriate for most occasions, which makes it perfect for most occasions.

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[The Good]

Two Types, that doesn't look like a poor quality tie to me, although I don't know much about tie quality relative to their time periods. That tie still looks nicer than a lot made now. Is it a wool tie? I own a couple of '50s era wool ties (solids, black and red; the black is a military tie) that are very thin feeling. My experience is that mid century ties are generally thin feeling compared to the thicker lined ties made in recent years.

And the ties of the day from Pilgrim:

I like all three of those, but my favorite of the group is the red tie with the two arrows.

Annixter, good ties. The ones from the top group are my favorites.

 

[Annixter]

Fairly inappropriate for most occasions, which makes it perfect for most occasions.

So true. I would love to time travel to get a better understanding of the social etiquette of ties from a 1940's standpoint. What i mean is, you see photos of politicians wearing bland ties and then photos of many different working-class men wearing vibrant, sometimes outrageous ties, and I wonder what was the understanding within society. Would a politician wearing an artistic, colorful tie suggest immaturity and disrespect? If so, why could other respected people (bankers, educators, etc.) get away with it?

Thanks The Good. Here are some more for the day. The one on the left is a custom jobbie from "Joseph's of San Francisco."

 

[dh66]

All 3 are winners

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[jamespowers]

I haven't posted any of my ties for far too long, but I have been finding more here and there, mostly at thrift stores. I'm going to take pictures over the next few days and post them.

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The horse tie comes courtesy of Widebrim and is my first and only horse.
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You did fine with all of those. The horse tie is a nice acquisition. I have as many as I can find and wear them.

 

[jamespowers]

So true. I would love to time travel to get a better understanding of the social etiquette of ties from a 1940's standpoint. What i mean is, you see photos of politicians wearing bland ties and then photos of many different working-class men wearing vibrant, sometimes outrageous ties, and I wonder what was the understanding within society. Would a politician wearing an artistic, colorful tie suggest immaturity and disrespect? If so, why could other respected people (bankers, educators, etc.) get away with it?

Thanks The Good. Here are some more for the day. The one on the left is a custom jobbie from "Joseph's of San Francisco."

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The banker and the politician usually wore bland stripes, solids and checks. There were some politicians and bankers who liked them loud though. Probably the minority but you have to remember that it was the style of the time so if you could buy it then you could wear it around. Older men also were more likely to link themselves to bland ties. You could see the advertising of ties and even hats of the day reflecting the difference between what younger men wore and what older men wore.
I won't like old man ties no matter how old I get.
Modern ties leave us the most bland and boring patterns right now actually. You are less likely to see a banker or politician wearing a tie other than bland than you were in the 40s.