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    Living a Ration Book Life

    5 days supply minimum here in Hawaii, as recommended by local civil defense and most have 2 weeks to a month around here. Just makes sense when a tsunami could shut down the docks. Or an earthquake. Or a hurricane. Even a lava flow for this island, though that is ~really~ unlikely. The same...
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    Nice new Filson Lined Work Jacket

    http://www.filson.com/products/guide-work-jacket-soy-wax.10415.html?fromCat=true&fvalsProduct=mens/coats-jackets&fmetaProduct=1011 $440 US
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    Living a Ration Book Life

    My understanding of butter and oil rationing was that those were used for munitions manufacture. Same with bacon fat recycling and the like. The wartime rationing was as the poster depicted, in its oversimplified way, due to the enormous resource demands of a massive conventional war. Part of...
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    The Real, real Indy Jacket: Not What You Think

    Yes, with this jacket the sizing has to be correct. You can snug up the waist with the side tabs some if your waist is smaller than the jacket but it cannot be let out if it doesn't fit around your hips. This particular jacket would more versatile if it had a true Indy back with the vents. In...
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    Living a Ration Book Life

    Interesting side note to the discussion (which I've been enjoying but don't have too much to add to) is that it might offer additional insight into why the U.S. was so terrified of Communists after the War. In many ways the war-time rationing experience of most Americans was very similar to...
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    The Indiana Jones jacket. Much hype, little substance?

    Fanch, that's kind of how I see it and why I plunked down the cash for it. I haven't been disappointed - though the non-Indy jacket details are part of why the jacket works for me. Thinking about it, reading and writing this thread has me again thinking about saving up and having the sleeves...
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    The Real, real Indy Jacket: Not What You Think

    The shot comparison was fascinating but not really a side by side comparison of 2 films. Its an impressive Easter Egg hunt the editor did collecting similar shots from 30 different movies of the genre. Its not a direct statement of plagiarism as much as it is a testament to the fact that movie...
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    The Indiana Jones jacket. Much hype, little substance?

    Sloan, the leather is substantial enough for me to feel confident wearing it on the bike. The only things I currently have to compare it to are a Hein Gericke Dakar, which is goat, and some Unik Chaps. My Indy is cowhide and about the same thickness as the chaps. The Dakar feels a bit more...
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    Belstaff on the 'bay?

    If the Adventure Gear thread can be almost 300 pages long... a little more thread necromancy isn't going to hurt. :) These bags are still being sold - and for significantly less - on ebay. They have the larger version now, too, and I own both. The smaller bag I got in 2010 has been my daily...
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    The Indiana Jones jacket. Much hype, little substance?

    Thread necromancy, I know, but... I have one of the Indy jackets from San Diego Leather. (http://leather.com/mens_aviation/indy.php) I bought it for a variety of reasons. 1) I actually use it as my motorcycle jacket. 2) Here in Hawaii a black jacket is ridiculous 3) So are knit cuffs and...
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    The Health of Military Surplus Stores

    ButteMT61, you'd love the shop we have here in Hilo. Its exactly like the place of your youth. I avoid the place unless I have very little cash in my wallet... :)
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    The Health of Military Surplus Stores

    There is a really good sized shop in Hilo (Big Island, Hawaii) and they are doing well. They are also the local go-to shop for good tents and sleeping bags and have been for years so the place is a community fixture that even Big Box Mart hasn't been able to shake loose. It also helps that we...
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    Show us your Guns!

    Wow. Haven't poked through the whole thread, yet, but some mighty nice pieces represented here. My humble contributions - pictures taken for other sites so I haven't put together a nice setting for them: Marlin 1894 chambered in 44 Magnum. More or less classic style and action with a nice...
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    Tailoring a mediorce fitting suit VS. selling it to buy a new suit?

    Thanks for the info, all. I'll take pictures after the day is done here. For measuring length from collar to floor, do you measure with with shoes on or not? Depending on the shoe that could add a bit to your height. edit: Bah. Nevermind. Threw a jacket on and took a couple full length...
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    Tailoring a mediorce fitting suit VS. selling it to buy a new suit?

    Apologies for raising an old thread, but my question seems to fit here and I haven't seen it directly addressed elsewhere. I was recently given a small fortune in jackets and pants that *almost* fit. The pants can be let out so no worries there. The jackets fit my upper body and waist...
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    Belstaff on the 'bay?

    FYI, I just waterproofed this bag with a can of Kakadu reproofing wax and a hair dryer. Worked like a charm. :D The thick canvas soaks it up well without going all the way through to the lining.
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    Pencils

    I've been a side-clicker mechanical pencil user for about 30 years. Nothing vintage about them, but I've been using them so long that they just feel better than anything else. Specifically vintage to me, I guess. I actually wish they still made the ones without the thick rubber grip but I...
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    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    :eusa_clap Cool. Never heard of MovNat but it resonates with a lot of other stuff I've been around for years. Went barefoot for a year, myself, and only put in shoes when the weather and wind chill got so cold that exposed skin was frostbitten in less than 60 seconds. Wouldn't trade that...
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    LL Bean Signature

    I poked through the signature site when it was mentioned here a while back. For the most part there isn't anything in the collection for me. Its a nice look, but none of it really fits here in the tropics. I do like how "retro" style these days is echoing the early 20th century. Its not the...
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    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    Looking like a successful archaeologist? Archaeologists on a dig wear the same range of things today's outdoorsy types wear. My archaeology professor showed up at the dig in a white linen sport jacket and panama hat - but only on the first day. Once we broke ground he was in jeans and work...

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