Recent content by Flying Scotsman

I have two kilts, but they're both the traditional knife pleat. One is pleated to the sett, the other to the stripe. But I've not seen a kilt in a box pleat...and what is the "X kilt pattern"?). Sounds interesting. The singer Alex Beaton wears a "saltire kilt" that creates the Scottish...

While in Florence, Italy, I sucked it up and got myself a light tan (camel-colored) Borsalino. A little tax return gift to myself :). Can't wait to wear it out...does this mean I get to put that "Borsalino Brotherhood" thing in my signature? :)

We're not cheap...we're thrifty! "'Tis a false economy to invest in cheap goods..."

For the folks in SoCal...several times a year, Carroll & Co. in Beverly Hills has custom shirting events, and they have what to my untrained eye looks like a very large selection of collar and cuff styles. I've been getting my shirts there for a few years (started on advice from a buddy) and...

Well put. I can never understand the need some people have for exotic "pets"...lions, chimpanzees, wolves, whatever. They're wild animals and they belong in the wild. I'm never surprised when one of these "pets" that is genetically driven to live in huge landscapes finally gets fed up with...

I second this motion. The lapel pin is nice, but cufflinks would more useable on a day-to-day basis.

http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~tmf20/tieknots.shtml Why be dogmatic about "the" right knot? Or even "the right knot for _____"? Try something different...

Centered low. (Maybe you should set up a poll for these questions?)

Probably waaaaay too pricey to do, but...I have a bunch of ties (paisleys, mostly) that have a pattern embedded in the weave, like a watermark. I think it's a version of a Moire' fabric, but with a definite design to it (leaves, paisleys, etc.). Just to think out of the box...perhaps that...

I'm in for this! I vote single logo centered. And keep the stripes simple and bold, if possible.

I gave up years ago caring where the short end fell, and just made sure the broad end landed with the tip at the belt buckle (I always kinda thought the tip should hit the middle of the belt buckle, but others say the top). I used to tie Full Windsor knots, but have lately been using a...

For WWII history buffs and such... Starting at 12:41 a.m. tonight, 6th June (about 15 minutes from now, Tuesday night in Los Angeles), if you have XM Radio, the 40's channel will be replaying in "real-time" the original NBC broadcasts the day of the Normandy invasion for the next 40 hours.

I picked up a pair of the J&M saddle shoes in white buck...love 'em!

Ben Silver has them.

Not sure who first said this, but I like it: "You can pretend to be serious, but you can't pretend to be funny." And one I refer to a lot when discussing flying, an old saying given to new pilots-in-training in WWII: "The object of the game is not to cheat death. It's never to let him...