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You're right in saying cotton, linen, and wool would have been the most popular. Cotton and linen would have been much cooler, though, as their idea of "light" wool back then would have been heavier than pretty much any wool suiting being used today. Rayon would be stiflingly hot, as would silk...

It's really hard to tell how the suit fits, as (1.) we have only one photo and (2.) he is standing in an awkward position.

What's your price range?

Not a prob, Bob.

Typically, but not necessarily.

Yes, no, and sort of. "Wingtip" is the basic style: any shoe -- blucher or balmoral -- that has that typical toe styling. "Brogue" actually refers to the perforations, and traditionally a wingtip with perforations is called a "full brogue" (a cap toe with perforations is a "semi-brogue)...

I'd take them to a good tailor to have them lined. I have absolutely no idea how much something like this would cost, but it would be better than having useless pants.

This is a great thread, one that I regret not seeing earlier. My grandfather, who turned 90 on February 13th, was a tank operator/gunner (correct term?) in the European campaign. He and Grandma got married mere weeks before the war. All the family knew was that, first, he had been part of a...

Thanks for the info, Diamondback. Whatever the model is, it's a sweet-feeling gun. Now, if I can just get Jerry to let me fire the thing....

Marty M, one or two people in the industry (Ron Rider from AAAC comes to mind) claim that the black custom calf used now is of lower quality. I don't own any new black AEs, but I've looked at them in the stores (specifically Strauss in Fargo and a couple of places in the Twin Cities...haven't...

Mary, are Meltonian creams available where you live? The leather dealer where I live recommended Meltonian Delicate Cream (#170), and it has worked wonders. I have purchased snake and crocodile watchbands from the 1950s and 60s that were dry as paper when I got them, so dry that when I flexed...

Actually, I quite like the look of patina on brass. It suits vintage cases quite well, and it's not so showy. My dad built a gun about twenty years ago (I seem to be talking about his guns a lot tonight!), a muzzle loader in -- I think -- the Bethlahem PA style. The patch box on the stock is...

Nice! My dad has a .50 Sharps that kicks like a mule on 'roids. He used to build blackpowder guns (flint locks and percussion locks), most of them .50. He made one for me, and no matter how much I pack that thing, it doesn't deliver the "what-for" back at me like his Sharps. It's a cool gun, but...

I don't have any pistols, but if I did, I'd want three: 1. Luger 2. Colt 1911 .45 3. Colt 1911 .32 My father has two or three .45 1911s, and they are wonderful, solid firearms. Just a delight to shoot, and even to hold. His friend has a very rare and very valuable .32 version (the...

Cool pic. I'd forgotten about those ads. Slight correction, though: he was Belarussian ("White" Russian), not Russian.