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    Classic Safari vehicles!

    Also not yet a classic, though 19 years old, this is the daily driver I use in the mountains and desert. Really need to get a backcountry shot of it. It'll rock-crawl but I just prefer the go-anywhere adventure travel side of it.
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    Clarks "Desert Boots"

    I’ll need to look into the RedWings Stringmaster posted. Those look very right. My best desert boot was a perfect pair from Dunham’s, and 80s outfitter selling them as a hunting shoe. Say perfect but the gum sole wore badly and the mid sole was too soft for supportive walking. I added a khaki...
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    where to buy knit or wool ties online?

    Thanks undertow. Yeah, have checked the thrift shop here which never had anything useful, but I have lovely thrift shop ties from Cleveland where I used to live and where the picking is a lot better. And thanks for the google--I'll look into those. Was just wondering if there was a...
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    where to buy knit or wool ties online?

    My town has no store that sells knit ties. Not used to getting stuff like that online. Any recommendations for knit or wool ties? Thanks.
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    Perverting Aero's intentions?

    Back length is a handy reference because there is a fixed point to measure from--usually the seam between collar and top back piece. Measuring the body length in front is trickier because most jackets have a neck fit that angles down. Zipper length would be the best measure of the front...
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    Tell us your favorite urban walking boot or shoe

    Find a comfortable roper and you're done looking. That's a great boot. When I was in Portugal last year, I saw the opportunities for having boots re-made. Serious talent there. I wear a western boot often here in the Rocky Mountains where they fit in ok. A pair of Chippewa western boots...
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    Tell us your favorite urban walking boot or shoe

    Walking all day in heavy hiking/mountaineering boots like your Meindls really works for me too. Even though they're heavy and I don't need the support on city streets, the stability and inertia of boots like this is so comfortable for walking. I have a pair of Richard Montvert Galibier light...
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    Tell us your favorite urban walking boot or shoe

    The link showed a pair of brown chukka boots over the ankle, six lace holes, shaped like a WW 1 boot. Has a low profile vibram sole that is good for walking but the lugs don't stand out too much. So yeah, they are generally vintage style without being a specific reference. But I'm curious...
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    Tell us your favorite urban walking boot or shoe

    What boot or shoe do you use for traveling or city walking where you're on your feet all day and may walk miles on pavements? What boot or shoe can you wear day after day like this without coming to hate it? Ideally I take one pair of boots on such a trip. I pack light anyway, even for a...
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    Lost Worlds Downtown not too bad at all

    Like OTH, I've had both Aero and LW jackets and the quality is top in both. I can't fault LW constuction in any way. My LW is their black FQHH and is very stiff and heavy when new. It has broken in well with lots of grain and variation but without the localized wear-caused loss of color in...
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    Another '40's motorcycle jacket...

    Tell us more about what a kidney belt is, please. I'm familiar with the kidney panel on some moto jackets, but it souds like you're talking about a separate belt. Thanks. By the way to the OP, great jacket and VW.
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    US Wings selling A-2s with 1940s vintage goatskin & "G-8" jackets from 1958

    I've had one of these "G-8" jackets from USWings for 20 years. (Not the vintage Excelled one they're listing now, just the seal brown one above it). It's a fine jacket and has broken in beautifully with a very pronounced pebbly goatskin texture. Very comfortable. Zippers are solid, every stitch...
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    Flight Apparel Ind. A-2 - Large Disco Collar observations

    Here here. I have a very nice A-2 style jacket from the 80s that is almost unwearable for me with its pitiful 2" 80s style collar. Sad over-reaction to 70s excess. My preference is for 30s/40s collars and I don't see disco or the 70s when I see a nice swing era collar. I still think about...
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    The Spanish Civil War

    But outside of party affiliation usage, couldn't you say the term is much older? Great contributions to the political definition of anarchist here, so I only want to add that in vintage definition anarchism and democracy are rough synonyms. Plato wasn't fond of democracy/anarchism which he saw...
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    Wested vs US Wings: Who has the best Indiana Jones jacket?

    My US Wings "type 440 (G-8)" jacket in goat from the late 80s is still going well after 20+ years, if it helps to know longevity of a similar jacket from them. The goatskin broke in well, very supple but tough. The seal color is now varied with browner lighter wear points at collars cuffs...

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