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  1. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Hat proportions in 1938

    The Sears & Roebuck spring and summer 1938 catalogue describes a snappy young man's hat as "correctly styled" with a 2¼-inch brim and 5⅝-inch crown. (Here, second from bottom right.) One hat with a 5¾ crown can be had with a "medium" 2¼ or a "wide" 2½ brim. Another one has a "low" 5½-inch...
  2. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Sources for a sports cap (non-baseball)

    I was sentenced to do regular gym service by a dubious quack doctor. For the time being, I'm not going simply 1930s for that, meaning I forgo a tanktop and short trousers for long sleeves and trousers that will separate my sweat from other people's. I found my old plain plimsolls and bought a...
  3. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Technical novelties of the Golden Era

    I saw some nice things on this blog: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/ .
  4. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Caps: leather sweatbands?

    A question to those who have some experience with it: do you prefer your caps to have a leather sweatband? I'm thinking about getting a B!Wear cap - though I'm still looking for a nice non-panel cap -, and I wonder if I should go for leather. Given the weight and air permeability of the usual...
  5. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Flexiroll lapels

    I'll make it short, and let the image speak: the other day, I bought a suit. I took it to Einstein Dry-Cleaners [name changed], and this is how I got it back: ................. I just returned it and showed it to the lady there. She turned it back and forth, uttering insightful uh-huhs...
  7. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Golden Era pipe tobacco line planned

    G. L. Pease tells about a "Maltese Falcon" blend he's going to launch soon, maybe beginning a whole line of traditional blends. The descriptions sounds very promising: Ever since the loss of our vintage Syrian leaf, I’ve been promising to do a blend based on the original Raven’s Wing using...
  8. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Moustaches make the man

    Forget about nose, general physiognomy, hat, facial expression, eyebrows… The only detail that changes in those Super Mario pics is the moustache - and it works. .......... . Do you see Django's cigarette, too? :) .
  9. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Ladies' herringbone suit

    Excuse my approaching the Powder Room - I'll stay at the door, read: inside this thread. I found this very nice suit. It's not labelled anything like repro or retro, but how would you judge it periodwise?
  10. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Trimming a brim

    I received my Akubra Federation the other day. Fits well, but - as I had thought - the brim is a bit too large for my personal taste. So I took it to a local hat shop and asked if the can shorten it by about 3/8 in. In spite of the fact that they're a well-established hat shop since at least the...
  11. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Term query: trouser cuff protection

    Can't think of it - how are the reinforcement tapes called on the inside of the trouser leg bottom that protrude just a bit and are meant to prevent the edge from abrasion on the shoe? Simply reinforcement tapes? Inner cuffs, bottom liner, liner tape? Selvage is something different, I think...
  13. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Canvas and fused: Which is warmer?

    Does the choice of canvassed, half-canvassed or fused make a difference for how warm a jacket is? The (inner) lining certainly does, doesn't it?
  14. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    new car, bit expensive

    http://www.pungas.com/forum/leopard-roadster-t-16947.html
  15. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Non-vintage easy chairs

    Here are two rather cheap and comfortable IKEA chairs. They were "natural white" originally - we dyed one set of covers black, then exchanged the pillows. Here's a link (US) to the IKEA site. They seem to have raised the price, and it looks like they don't sell the small pillow/cover sets...
  16. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Hat advice for Orthodox Jews

    Lounge member Boroparkpyro explains how to avoid the uniform. (There might be some technical terms, but most is understandable to the general public, I think.)
  17. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    The other Jewish hat

    Here's a nice example that shows not every Orthodox Jew wears an oversized fedora or a fur hat (the man in the middle is chief rabbi of Munich/Germany, where a new building was opened today - European papers are full of it):
  19. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    What's the perfect modern late-30s hat?

    I'm sorry to bother you with this question, it just turned out difficult to find ready answers through the search functions. So: If our cash check is friendly enough, I might be ready to get a new hat for the winter. Are there any non-vintage hats available that look like, say, a typical...
  20. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Messrs Chandler and Hammett

    Chandler and Hammett: I've been reading a bit of Chandler lately. Is that just me, or is he simply a better writer than Hammett? Not that the latter is a hack either, but where Chandler's short sentences have a laconic effect, Hammett's sound wooden sometimes. By the way, both showed they...
  21. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Strike-anywhere matches

    I looked around here and there on the 'net, but still wasn't sure about some points. Maybe those of you who know can enlighten me: - Are there differences between "strike-really-anywhere" and "strike-on-any-rough-surfice" matches? - How do you keep them, so they don't torch you trousers...
  22. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Swiss posters and showcases

    A Swiss company selling clothes is celebrating their 125th anniversary. Here's a great site: www.papakannzahlen.ch For the German impaired: ab 19xx = from 19xx on Zeitreise = time travel (dates and events) Plakate = posters Schaufenster = showcases Filme = movies Prospekte = leaflets...
  23. Shaul-Ike Cohen

    Shirt width and soft collars

    Are there differences in shirts from, say, the thirties vs. the forties in how spacious a shirt is? Did close-fitting suits go with close-fitting shirts, and later baggy suits with ample shirts?

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