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    Shuron Glasses

    Gotta love those old glasses. Fifty years ago as a boy I lived by Shur-On optical. They used to dump the spent rouge from polishing glass into a creek. It ran red like blood. You can imagine the stories us kids made up about the bloody creek!
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    Why is the Bum Look Popular? (formally the unemployed look)

    People emulate what they see in the media. If all the films, TV, and adverts depict people in the Grunge Look, then so shall the masses follow. Everyone wants to be seen as an individual, but they ironically make themselves look exactly like everyone else when they dress this way. Its a way of...
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    U.S. Army considers new uniforms

    Wearing combat fatigues in public seems almost un-American. I admire and support our troops, but I feel like I'm in some third world country when I see these guys in the mall in combat boots and camo. All thats missing is the weapon. Is that next? American military men and women used to look...
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    Fashion fads we love to hate

    Many of these so-called "fashions" are actually just a way to express a desire to be an individual and be noticed. I find them all to be amusing, but a little pathetic as well. After all, what's the harm in trying to look good? It seems like many of these are meant to make the wearer look...
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    The Dumbest Comment I Ever Heard

    Well said, John I would add that many folks just feel the need to be nondescript. They wear what everyone else is wearing, yet ironically feel themselves to be unique somehow. I, on the other hand, feel no shame in drawing attention to myself and dressing for the occasion. Mike
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    Wearing hat cocked to the side..

    Wearing the hat tilted to the side has a certain rakish look that is appealing. I wear my fedora canted toward the front of the head, thus getting more shade from the hat brim over the eyes.
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    What Are You Reading

    "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. Its amazing how much of this 1930s fictional novel about the future actually came true. We live in a world where the individual is drowned in a sea of pleasure and consumerism. Michael
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    What do you do for Living?

    I own a company that does archaeological investigations before big construction projects. I get to run around in the woods with my equally hare-brained employees and dig up artifacts. The rest of the time I'm sitting at a computer trying to figure out what they mean. I also get to have arguments...
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    Razor experts - What did I buy?

    The razor I am currently using is not adjustable, probably an early model. Its gold plated and was my grandfather's. I used to have the adjustable kind and lost it. It was the best. I seem to remember reading that the honing stone came into being for the use of soldiers who did not have access...
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    Razor experts - What did I buy?

    I see those stones often at yard sales and flea markets. I think its because nobody knows what they are. I also don't use canned shaving cream. Have the cup and lather brush. Just add a bit of hot water, whip it up, and away we go! For me, its a retro thing, re-living the early days. Enjoy...
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    Wearing a wrist watch on the underside of your wrist

    Some 40 years ago, I was taught to wear my watch on the inside of my wrist in the industrial patternmaker shop I was an apprentice at. This protected both the watch and me. The idea was that you were less likely to catch the watch on a moving piece of machinery. Some guys also wore their belt...
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    Razor experts - What did I buy?

    Flieger- Nice find on the razors. I grew up shaving with this type (age 60). There were no disposable razors in those days. It is important to be well lathered for the shave. The lubrication of the lather avoids nicks. The only time I get one is when I hurry and take fast, broad swaths with the...
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    Straw hat suggestions?

    Daniel- Bencraft has a great assortment, as you know. Check out this line of straw hats at the Village Hat Shop. http://www.villagehatshop.com/mens_straw.html Like Bencraft, they are fine folks to deal with. -Michael
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    Suspender Buttons: Inside or Outside?

    I should add to my original post that these are button suspenders with the small, woven, loop ends rather than with the leather things. They will be for informal wear. http://www.rainbowconnection.com/product_info.php/products_id/663 Mike
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    Suspender Buttons: Inside or Outside?

    I have read conflicting information on the web about the placement of suspender buttons. Those of you who wear button suspenders should know which is correct. Are they sewn on the inside or the outside of the waist. I would imagine they would chafe if placed on the inside, but once source...
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    The Curse of Indiana Jones

    "I hate to complain (or tell you your job) but a paleontologist LOOKS for dino bones. Anyone can find them regardless of their profession (I have and I'm a librarian*) I've also found gold" Ah! a Librarian! Good. Hope you have a classic paleontologist's book by George Gaylord Simpson...
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    How Vintage Do You Go? -merged thread-

    Cell Phones and Needing Help Late November and freezing weather, my car died on a busy interstate highway. I did not own a cell phone then. I stood by the side of the road waving at people for help. I did this for three hours. Thousands of cars drove by. Some pointed and laughed. Some gave me...
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    The Curse of Indiana Jones

    Imagine how it is form me. I am an actual archaeologist. No, I don't travel around the world having adventures. Don't look for treasure or mummies. Don't have encounters with evil villains or colorful characters. Try explaining to those who are impressed, that nearly 90% of my time is spent...
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    How Vintage Do You Go? -merged thread-

    It seems that TV and Cell Fone are now the indispensible gizmos, as seen on this thread. How about those new cell phones people wear in their ear? Looks like a plastic thing that wraps along the side of the head. Virtually non-stop contact with everyone else. Lots of the UPS drivers now wear...
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    How Vintage Do You Go? -merged thread-

    So there we were in 1979. Newly married, and driving across the USA in an old Chevy Chevette. Everything we owned was in a roof top luggage carrier. We went to Newport, Oregon on a whim, rented a shack on the bluffs over the ocean, and were happy. No TV, no cell phones, no computers, no...

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