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dh66

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Today's find comes from Desmond's of Southern California.
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Don't know if that's a store label or a brand. Any input from the left coast?
 
dh66

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Widebrim said:
^^Desmond's was a big chain out here years ago; there were still a couple around when I was a teen-ager. Great tie!
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Thanks!
From the dimensions I'm speculating early 50s. Does this jibe with the time frame of Desmond's?

The skunk tie is no stinker, that's for sure. That's a great one!
 
The Good

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Now, I've got two new Wembley ties. No widths or lengths were specified, but to me, they appear to be 1940s. I am hoping to win one more auction before giving the tie collecting a break until after summer. That maroon striped tie is new for me, and the black tie will join my collection of five others. I have no shortage of black ones, now.

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Quetzal

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Ah, those "Nor-East Non-Crush"-ers of Wembley, probably the last ties made in the Three-Fold Construction. I've always wondered if the black ties were used by the police or others who wore a civilian uniform. Though up until this post, I was under the impression that they were only made in solid colors, rather than in stripes. Interesting how yours is more-or-less "knot-planned." What were these ties made of? I though wool, but then I heard somewhere that they were a wool/rayon blend.

-Quetzal
 
The Good

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Quetzal said:
Ah, those "Nor-East Non-Crush"-ers of Wembley, probably the last ties made in the Three-Fold Construction. I've always wondered if the black ties were used by the police or others who wore a civilian uniform. Though up until this post, I was under the impression that they were only made in solid colors, rather than in stripes. Interesting how yours is more-or-less "knot-planned." What were these ties made of? I though wool, but then I heard somewhere that they were a wool/rayon blend.

-Quetzal
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dh66 said:
Nice work, Luftwaffles!

Also, nice finds, The Good. I like the striped Wembley.
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Thanks! Unfortunately, the material was not known by the seller. I am guessing wool, but dacron or rayon are possible. I think black ties would have been very commonly used by the police, and the military, but I've read a post on here before, suggesting that black was mainly for weddings, funerals, and more dressed up events. That striped tie does look like it is knot-planned, though, with a stop to the stripes a little over halfway up.

Luftwaffles, nice tie! That turned out really well. Wouldn't it be a washable tie, since it was from a dress shirt?
 
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Quetzal said:
Ah, those "Nor-East Non-Crush"-ers of Wembley, probably the last ties made in the Three-Fold Construction. I've always wondered if the black ties were used by the police or others who wore a civilian uniform. Though up until this post, I was under the impression that they were only made in solid colors, rather than in stripes. Interesting how yours is more-or-less "knot-planned." What were these ties made of? I though wool, but then I heard somewhere that they were a wool/rayon blend.

-Quetzal
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Non-crush was a total lie too. They would crush and wrinkle like no other fabric I have ever seen. lol lol
 
Dinerman

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I found probably 20 more 1940s ties in various leaf patterns, but with the way the market on them is, they're not worth my time even as resale.
 
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