Show us your TIES

[Dagwood]

P.S. The front of the tie is not stained, its just the camera flash.

 

[thunderw21]

Some for Christmas.

 

[Dagwood]

Pebble Beach

 

[Marty M.]

Hmm.........

P.S. The front of the tie is not stained, its just the camera flash.

Dagwood, with the latest set of Cuff Links that you just posted, I'm seeing a trend here. Is there something that you want to tell us? .
Marty Mathis

 

[Dagwood]

Thanks Marty! I like horses, but don't ride (item #346 to do before I die). Maybe I was an English Gentleman in a past life.

And now, in the spirit of the thread, a tie by Towncraft Deluxe (previously posted in another thread):

 

[Dinerman]

I got this great pleated tie for 2 bucks at an antique store in Lemoyne, PA. It's all one piece of fabric, printed with stripes, then pleated and sewn.

 

[Feraud]

A few recent additions

 

[Dinerman]

Very cool. I wonder if the nu-way that made that tie is the same nu-way that made my braces. The logo looks similar.

 

[Feraud]

Very cool. I wonder if the nu-way that made that tie is the same nu-way that made my braces. The logo looks similar.

It looks like a match!

 

[Mike in Seattle]

P.S. The front of the tie is not stained, its just the camera flash.

Butler Brothers?!?!?!? Long Beach, CA's own hometown store, along with Buffums and the Walker's Deparment stores - all three sadly gone for decades. (Well, I guess with the conglomerates, we're really only left with Macy's, Nordstrom, Sears & Penney's, right?)

I guess Harry Buffums' longer-lasting, bigger claim to fame was his daughter Dorthy "Buffy" Buffum married into the Chandler familly, owners of the LA Times. She spent her time on "good works" - donating to and raising a lot of money for the Los Angeles Music Center, the showpiece of which is, you guessed it, the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion.

 

[Tomasso]

A friend gave me this one recently.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

I got this great pleated tie for 2 bucks at an antique store in Lemoyne, PA. It's all one piece of fabric, printed with stripes, then pleated and sewn.

Awesome! I have one in similar colors, but not with the nifty pleating!

 

[thunderw21]

Here are some of my '30s ties. A few of them are pretty badly twisted, wrinkled or damaged in one way or another.

Superba "Sugar and Spice" line tie.

Edit: A close-up of my favorite of this group.

 

[skyvue]

I'll have pictures of ties to share soon, but I thought I'd post this first.

I paid my first visit to Tiecrafters (http://tiecrafters.com/) this morning, taking in a half dozen vintage ties that need some tender loving care. They have long advertised in the New York Times, and I've heard them praised by people I trust.

They had the following rules for tie care posted on the wall, and I thought they might be of interest (many are common sense/knowledge, but there might be something new and useful here for some):

* Don't leave the tie knotted; it ruins the shape

* Don't tug knot out; undo it

* Don't keep ties in drawer; hanging them eases out wrinkles

* Don't tuck tie in waistband; it causes fiber "breaks"

* Don't tear at loose threads; it may be the slipstitch

* Don't use cologne on ties; it takes the color out

* Don't press (iron) on face of tie; it will cause shine

* Don't rub on stains; it bruises the fibers

* Don't "choke" the knot; it twists the lining

* Clean ties periodically; don't wait for stains

* Don't use water on ties without testing for bleeding color

 

[Tomasso]

Tiecrafters .....had the following rules for tie care posted on the wall:

* Don't leave the tie knotted; it ruins the shape

* Don't tug knot out; undo it

* Don't keep ties in drawer; hanging them eases out wrinkles

* Don't tuck tie in waistband; it causes fiber "breaks"

* Don't tear at loose threads; it may be the slipstitch

* Don't use cologne on ties; it takes the color out

* Don't press (iron) on face of tie; it will cause shine

* Don't rub on stains; it bruises the fibers

* Don't "choke" the knot; it twists the lining

* Clean ties periodically; don't wait for stains

* Don't use water on ties without testing for bleeding color

* This seems a bit self serving.

 

[skyvue]

* This seems a bit self serving.

heh. Yeah, I had that same thought.

 

[Dinerman]

I just got this one off the bay. Who knew?

 

[jamespowers]

* This seems a bit self serving.

It might be a good idea if you wear the same tie often but if you have several in the rotation (like 1,000 ) it seem excessive.
If you eat with a tie on then it might be a good idea to have the tie cleaned because you might not see stains or even the slightest splash but it can still be there. Those stains attract moths and we all know what happens then. Needless to say, every time my son wears a tie--it gets cleaned.

 

[Dr Doran]

I want to see some really, really ugly vintage ties. I have one I'll put up soon. Show me the UGLY vintage ones.

 

[jamespowers]

I want to see some really, really ugly vintage ties. I have one I'll put up soon. Show me the UGLY vintage ones.

I've got some 70s ties if that is what you mean.