Film Noir Buff Style Forum / Ebay / Etsy alert

Thee Captain · 2014-12-03 02:51:05

I should also add...one day Hitman...maybe not today...maybe not tomorrow....and looking at my diary, not sure if I can do next week….definitely not any time before Xmas tbh....but deffo one day soon....when there'll be a knock at your door....

Mrs. WM will holler...."Hitman Darling...can you get that please? I'm up to my ears making this apple n blueberry pie here..."

You'll mutter “Bollocks...lazy caaaw...” under yer breath and shuffle to the door...when on opening it...you'll see a burly slaphead...bollock naked and covered in goose fat.... HIS 273,492 GREY BODY HAIRS GLISTENING IN THE GEORGIAN SUNSHINE..

You’ll drop yer Razzle and just about spit out “WHAT THE FUCK”?!??!?!

What you’ll hear back of course…

“Mornin Hitman…I’m Thee Captain…lets’ you n me WRESTLE…….”

There is no higher accolade my cherub…

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Thee Captain · 2014-12-03 02:56:28

chuck power · 2014-12-03 03:22:27

Well Cap, you'll probably find that there will be a Militaria fayre near that there London at some point, definitely one at Beltring in July if you can contain yourself that long. A huge one at Stoneleigh in January - can make for quite an entertaining afternoon out, particularly if the massed ranks of the re-enacting fraternity turn up in their finery - ie - 60 year old blokes dressed as the cast of Band of brothers. The big re-enactment suppliers tend be at all the big ones - some interesting stuff - sure that you'd be able to shoehorn into your everyday ensemble.

Thee Captain · 2014-12-03 04:16:41

Yep - last time I saw Woof for a jar he was talking about a jacket he was gutted he didn't go for at one of these fayres...

I'd better get working on my Springtime for Hitler & Germany choreography then...

P.S. Woof - if you're dropping by The Harp anytime soon, DO NOT....and I repeat...DO NOT....have any of their Spiced Xmas Ale.... it will FOOK YOU UP in every single department!!!!!!!!

Armchaired · 2014-12-03 05:55:33

chuck power · 2014-12-03 06:01:58

No, Stoneleigh. Warwickshire -

http://www.stoneleighpark.com/directions.aspx

Have only ever been to the Military fayre there once, as at a tenner, it's a bit steep to get in - the Malvern one is on twice a year, a fiver to get in and it's ony just up the road from me - the proverbial win/win situation.

chuck power · 2014-12-03 06:03:40

That said - they hold them all over the country - if you go on the soldier of fortune website, it generally tells you which shows they'll be at.

Worried Man · 2014-12-03 06:23:37

Cap gettin' me all hot and bothered.

woofboxer · 2014-12-03 10:07:29

Yuca · 2014-12-03 13:03:00

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Tommy · 2014-12-03 13:24:12

I've got a Hart Schaffner & Marx Jacket that had a little bit around the shoulders which was stranger since its got a 3/2, hook vent, 2 on the sleeves. Just needed shortening after on the sleeves after the padding was removed.

Yuca · 2014-12-04 00:21:18

Having too much padding on the shoulders of a sack does occur on occasion. But to have a nappy wrapped around the sleevehead is something I've never encountered before. At least on sack jackets - it could be normal on the jackets I see in 40s movies.

woofboxer · 2014-12-04 01:40:12

Yuca · 2014-12-04 01:55:10

Well, the sleevehead is a little out to the side, now the nappies are gone; presumably they were made like that due to all the wadding that was inserted. On one shoulder it's not noticable but on the other it is, although it's passable. According to my tailor: the side we write with slopes a little more than the other, and that is why it is noticable on my dominant side. However I took the decision not to get my tailor to try to narrow the shoulder slightly, as I have relatively large shoulders (from being fit many years ago) so do not want to risk it being too tight (or any other problems that could occur).

I will try to get photos up when I get the finished product. In another era I could afford to be a perfectionist, and it's not a shoulder I would have ever found in Brooks, however with the scarcity of 50s sacks, I'm happy to compromise, despite the shoulder being such an integral part of the quality of the jacket.

Worried Man · 2014-12-04 05:46:07

Could there be some psychological trick being played here? I mean, does the shoulder look bad, or are you just uncomfortable because you know it has a little too much padding? Perhaps your awareness of the padding leads you to feel like you're walking around with the Rock of Gibraltar on each shoulder, although the shoulders look good.

Yuca · 2014-12-04 06:25:49

A little too much? Let me repeat: all the above is from the sleevehead, not the top of the shoulder. There should be at most a thin bit of roping around the sleevehead - not a nappy wrapped around it. I've seen US football games where the players had less shoulder.

Worried Man · 2014-12-04 07:29:50

If I were to compile all of the padding from all the shoulders on all my jackets, it would be miniscule in comparison to that lump of wadding extracted from your sleeveheads, or should I say bulkheads, because they must have been quite bulky.

I jest, of course.

I like that we're posting pictures of blown wads.

Yuca · 2014-12-04 07:32:11

Ha! Hmmmm. Unfortunately all the people insisting there was nothing wrong with the shoulder earlier were not jesting.

Still, defects and all the jacket's too good to neglect.

Worried Man · 2014-12-04 07:46:00

Where was this originally posted? Can you refer me to the page? I think I weighed in on the matter and I'd like to review the posts.

Yuca · 2014-12-04 07:51:33

From here on in. You sat on the fence a bit but others were more convinced I was delusional:

http://forums.filmnoirbuff.com/viewtopic.php?pid=335254#p335254

In the words of Alan Partridge: needless to say, I had the last laugh.

Tomiskinky · 2014-12-04 08:05:01

Shame the pics are not there to see how it looked, glad you're getting somewhere with the potty training (sans nappy).

Worried Man · 2014-12-04 08:10:19

It was farking BEAUTIFUL!

Yuca · 2014-12-04 12:07:31

I know I'm always saying this, but I really will get pics up of it in use, when I finally receive the finished item (all being well next week).

chuck power · 2014-12-04 13:08:51

Anyone got a spare $500 ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Viberg-x-Nigel-Cabourn-Suede-Leather-Dark-Brown-Roughout-Chukka-Boots/161188120472?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D28111%26meid%3Dad535b7ac65240de9c0d0bc2ae434766%26pid%3D100009%26prg%3D11472%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D10%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D171536910229

The only thing that puts me off (dreaming that I could afford them) is the arrow on the front - looks as though they've come from a well heeled chain gang.

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