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    WW2 British Home Front site

    Somebody on one of the pen lists i belong to posted this link. Thought it had some interesting tidbits. Enjoy: http://jp29.org/2dr.htm Adam
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    fountain pens

    I love the P51. a true classic for everyday use. Here is a little tidbit from the Parker website: Adam
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    fountain pens

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    Untiled Stuff in you Pockets Thread

    I usually have a pocket watch in my one of my vest pockets and a silver snuff box in the other. In my jacket I carry a small pocket notebook for random jottings, and in my shirt pocket I keep a fountain pen and a mechanical drafting pencil. In my trousers, just your standard 2 hanky, wallet, and...
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    Fountain Pens, Pocket Watches, Pipes

    Did you get a converter with the pen? Watermans fill nicely from a bottle and it really adds to the vintage feel. It is also cheaper in the long run. I have tons of open bottles here in every shade of the rainbow and haven't come to the bottom of one in recent memory. Which Phileas did...
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    Fountain Pens, Pocket Watches, Pipes

    It is a Parker Duofold Junior in green Marble "Permanite" if my eyes don't deceive me. It is from the early 30's. "Permanite" in some colors tended to discolor easily with age, so that particular material was abandoned for others. It had a button filling mechanism, which means that you...
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    Fountain Pens, Pocket Watches, Pipes

    Well, there are several places online that sell nice inks for fountain pens. My wife sells fountain pen inks so checkout her shop (follow the link in my sig), but by all means just google and you will see there are quite a few brands out there to be had. Hope this helps Adam
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    Scouts

    Thanks for the tip!!! It was an old Camillus from the late 50's early 60's. It was not mine, but I inherited it. My family was very active in the scouts for many years. By the time I came along, though, things began to change, but I still had plenty of the old hand-me-down gear. I think...
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    I have to guess these prices are a joke!

    I wore a hat identical to their "old sport" in a nice brownish grey tweed through most of my college years. It was vintage and I picked it up in Memphis on Beale street for around $2. I seem to have lost it, though. :cry: Sure was comfy!! Adam
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    What is this style called?

    They just call it generically an up-hat. As for the old-west, most of the old pics I have seen that are similar do seem western in flavor. So sounds right. Adam
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    What is this style called?

    DING DING DING Ok guys...it is a Chasiddic hat. I knew that already, but was just curious if it had a style name. Where I live we all wear hats..all the time...fedoras, homburgs, Biber Hats (beaver like the other chassidic hat shown), and this style is worn by the more modern Chassidic...
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    What is this style called?

    It's definitely not a cowboy hat, and has the same hardness and keeps its shape just like a bowlers I have worn. It seems to be intended to be worn as is. Both of these were made in Europe...I thought perhaps someone here would have a style name to them. Adam
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    What is this style called?

    The felt is very firm...even hard like on a new bowler. Adam
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    Scouts

    I had a vintage cub scout pocket knife that i carried for years. It broke recently. I miss my cub scout knife :cry: . Adam
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    What is this style called?

    I have a couple of these hats. This one is a Nobilis from Europe and the one in My daily wear rotation is a Fernandez y Roche from Spain. It has a deeper indentation in the top, but is otherwise identical to this one. So what is this style called? Thanks!! Adam
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    Fountain Pens, Pocket Watches, Pipes

    The Phileas is a great first pen and I especially like it in black. The two tone nib is also very retro. The nib on mine is very smooth and puts out a nice wet line of ink. It is a great everyday pen to put in a shirt or vest. It is fancy enough that people will notice it and retro enough...
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    vintage paperbacks...anyone collect em'?

    I'd love to see some of your covers or maybe you can direct me to a nice online gallery i have not seen yet. I love old pop culture, but sadly i don't have so much in my own collection. Adam
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    Fountain Pens, Pocket Watches, Pipes

    The Parker 51 is a great pen!!! It was introduced in 1941. It had a snazzy hooded nib and looked --MODERN--. At the end of the war in Europe Gen. Eisenhower could not attend the signing of the Armistice, but he sent along a pair of his Parker 51's for the document to be signed with so he...
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    Fountain Pens, Pocket Watches, Pipes

    Most of the companies offer different nib sizes, and the nicer pens come in many different sizes. Here is a chart for the Pelikan nibs: Pelikan Nib Chart If you wanna go for cheap and retro, look into esterbrook lever fillers. They had literally dozens of different nibs available and...
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    Fountain Pens, Pocket Watches, Pipes

    It just occured to me that some of you guys might be interested in "The Pipe Smoker's Ephemeris". It is a free semi-regular publication that has lots of vintage pics of pipe smokers..most of which are dressed to the nines. Also has lots of reprints of old articles from golden era smoke mags...

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