Recent content by Legion

My desk.

Actually, a lot will have someone "on staff" who pick the eyes out of the place and put the good stuff on ebay. The shops that don't will usually be putting the good stuff under the counter for a mate who will then put it on ebay and give the staff member a kickback of the profit. You will have...

I've been on the lookout for a vintage trench for a while now and I found this one in a thrift store today. It's not the usual fawn colour, more a sort of dark military green, which I don't mind. It was meant to have a zip in winter lining which is missing and the coats inside lining is an...

I've been on the lookout for a vintage trench for a while now and I found this one in a thrift store today. It's not the usual fawn colour, more a sort of dark military green, which I don't mind. It was meant to have a zip in winter lining which is missing and the coats inside lining is an...

I can't personally vouch for the quality (I have a hand wound, vintage version on order) but I must admit, these look pretty damn cool for the money. http://www.russianwatchguide.com/review-vostok-amphibia.htm

Having owned a lot of watches I am kind of in the "you get what you pay for" camp when it comes to automatic watches. While you can get a perfectly serviceable, good looking and accurate quartz watch for your $100 price point, I can't help thinking your brother will be disappointed with the...

Cool. I have a similar little desk fan made of Bakelite and cast iron. It works well if it it on your desk next to you and keep your fingers out of it.

This gold Rotary arrived in the mail this morning. I must admit, I really just impulse bought it because I like the look of it. Can anyone tell me anything about its history? I couldn't find this model when I tried to research it. I was wondering the age, mostly.

My Akubra Bobby with its, ahem, "unique" bash.

some of mine

My old crocodile skin bag. It is a bit problematic. It is too big for carry-on and I don't want to trust it to baggage handlers, so sadly it does not get taken on as many trips as I would like.

I've had this over coat for a couple of years, picked it up in a thrift shop. I knew it was military issue but I never knew what country or service. Well, with the help of a found Nato stock number and a fair bit of research, I know know that it is a British coldstream guards overcoat...

Hi folks. Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm hopelessly thrift shop addicted so I expect this thread is where most of my posts will be going. I'll start with this because I just collected it from the tailor yesterday. A vintage Burberrys (yes, with the "s" on the end. It's pretty...