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  1. Mr Badger

    'Convertible' collar shirts" Trelegant by Walbusch

    Found a brand new, tags-on 100% cotton shirt at one of our local charity (thrift) shops yesterday – made by a German firm called Walbusch who I've never heard of before, and it's got a convertible collar, something I haven't seen on a modern shirt... The nice little booklet attached to the...
  2. Mr Badger

    Can you help me date this Hirschfeld's suit?

    Hey folks, bagged this really nice bluey-grey fleck suit off the 'bay and wondered if you could help me date it? It's by Hirschfeld's of Nebraska (they're still going, too), wool, ventless, 3/2 roll jacket, high-waisted flat-front cuffed pants with two vertically-aligned snaps... took it...
  3. Mr Badger

    British bike jacket – can you help me date it? Clix zip, Newey studs...

    Hey folks, Mrs Badger and I were out and about in some quite rotten weather today – I took some more Bam-Balam Belts to one of my stockists and we checked out a flea market in between downpours – but a 'why the hell not?' visit to a usually very poor car boot sale, which is in some smelly cattle...
  4. Mr Badger

    Any idea when this Aero Highwayman was made?

    Hey folks, I did use FL's search facility to try and find an answer but didn't turn anything up... tooling around on Ebay a few nights ago, I cursorily had a look through the vintage leather jackets on offer, when I spotted a familiar shape, listed at just £14.99 / $20 – what looked like an Aero...
  5. Mr Badger

    Grosgrain ribbon stock in St Leonards, East Sussex...

    We were down visiting friends in St Leonards over the weekend and went to a quite amazing haberdashers, Wayward, which had a vast stock of vintage buttons, material, etc, including a whole drawer full of deadstock silk / rayon grosgrain ribbon! Picked up four 1m lengths for £1 each! Apparently...
  7. Mr Badger

    "What's with the hat?" A cautionary tale...

    Thought that you good people may enjoy this little tale... Last week I went for a job interview and it was raining heavily / freezing cold when I left the house, so naturally I put on an eight-panel cap to protect my noggin... just prior to the interview, I took off the cap and looked in a shop...
  8. Mr Badger

    WTB 'Open Road' style hat in 7 1/2

    Unusually, casechopper's modern Stetson 'Open Road' he's got for sale is too big for my noggin! :eeek: But I wondered if any FLer has a similar hat they'd be willing to let go to a good and loving home, in size 7 1/2 (US) or 7 3/8 (UK), even if it's a bit of a beater... Please do lemme...
  9. Mr Badger

    SOLD! WW2 USAAF 22nd bomb group 'Red Raiders' squadron patch

    Am interested in selling/trading this WW2 squadron patch, has a few moth nips but nothing too bad: There are currently examples of this patch, which I believe is Australian-made, for sale online for $450 and $700 – all reasonable offers considered, or will trade for a size 46 USN G-1...
  10. Mr Badger

    $700 for a WW2 Red Raiders squadron patch? Any idea what this one's worth?

    Hey folks, quite a few years back, I picked up a nice old squadron patch at an antique mall in Memphis, which I promptly stashed somewhere 'safe' and couldn't find again! It turned up in a box of misc clutter when I was having a tidy up over the weekend so I thought I'd look online and see where...
  11. Mr Badger

    How to prevent salt marks on leather boots?

    Hey folks, I picked up a much-wanted pair of Stacy Adams Madison boots in Brooklyn recently and, as ever, the onset of Winter has meant that it's been raining heavily here in Somerset, with the result that they've been developing salt marks... As per usual, I've used tried the 'old wives'...
  13. Mr Badger

    Aero zippers - NOS replacements available for norra lorra moolah...

    Hey folks, I spotted that Aero are having a clear-out of their overstock "NEW No5 O/E TRIPLE MARK TALON ZIPPER ART DECO BOX TYPE A-2 B-3 D-1" and "CONMAR BRASS ZIPPER FOR TYPE B-3, B-6, D-1, ANJ-4, O/E No 5 24”" repro zippers for only £12.50 each and thought y'all would appreciate a heads-up! :D
  14. Mr Badger

    Reproduction Western Belts

    I did an FD search for this topic using such phrases as western belts and jewels belt but didn't turn up anything recent, so I thought I'd throw my recent experience into the ring! Have been off work recovering from a trip to the dentist (root planing – as nasty as it sounds!) so, after some...
  15. Mr Badger

    Waxing an M65 jacket? Advice needed...

    Hey folks, a good friend of mine has just nabbed hisself a very tidy US Army M65 jacket which, by the look of the Talon zippers, was actually issued sometime pre-1970... given the tendency for it to, as us Brits of a certain age say, "tip it down" (rain) at every opportunity here in the historic...
  16. Mr Badger

    Trial run: The Denim Doctor, Manchester...

    Stumbled across this guy, The Denim Doctor, who's based in Manchester and have decided to give him a try – got three pairs of much-cherished LVC jeans in various states of disrepair, dating back as far as a decade, two pairs of 1944 S501XX and one 1920 201xx. All need quite a lot of attention in...
  17. Mr Badger

    Hot water treatment on boots?

    Hey folks, just wondered if the 'hot water treatment' that some folks use to start the softening process on their leather jackets also works on boots... nabbed a lovely pair of heavyweight cap toe boots, with double leather soles and horseshoes on the heels, off Ebay for the princely sum of £15...
  19. Mr Badger

    Sources for decent flannel cloth to make Oxford bags?

    Hey folks, the lady who owns Vintage to Vogue here in Bath is trying to source a supply of both grey and cream flannel to start having 'Oxford bags' made from a vintage pattern she's had redrawn out to different sizes. She plans to sell the trousers for around £60 a pair. Has anyone any ideas of...
  20. Mr Badger

    Vintage dress boots score! Any idea of date / details?

    Bagged a lovely pair of vintage British dress boots today at the local charity shop (thrift store). They fit my wife perfectly! I spotted 'em in the window and immediately knew they were really old, and that the ice skate portions screwed onto the bottom were probably totally removable, which...
  21. Mr Badger

    Aargh! Vintage varsity jacket woes...

    Bought a nice vintage varsity jacket off Ebay, described by the seller as in B- condition, and with leather sleeves that needed a clean... thought, that's OK, I kinda dig the yellowing of the leather... around £40 including shipping (USPS Priority Airmail, which cost almost twice the price of...
  22. Mr Badger

    Whaddya think of 'Corcoran'-style jump boots?

    Finally nabbed myself a pair of barely worn '1941' pattern jump boots off Ebay - £50 including shipping. They're black, which is what I was after, to go with my Highwayman, are made by Georgia and probably date from the 70s. Nevertheless, they still have all of the great detailing (punched...
  23. Mr Badger

    Refurbing a leather coat buckle?

    Hey! We just got back from a two-day trip down to Lyme Regis and environs, which we greatly enjoyed, despite meself having the flu going down there, and my better half picking it up from me and bringing it 'ome. Needless to say, she is not best pleased... Anyway, from a charity shop in Lyme...

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