Australian Members

[tobiasj]

Anyone know where I could get one of these / something similar locally?:

http://www.rugby.com/shop/item.aspx?productId=11356658

 

[Henry Carter]



Wearing the ol' members tie;

Yes these photos are crap. Yes the knot is crap. Yes the mirror is dirty. Yes I was over an hour late to work. Still, nice tie.

Looks good mate, dimple is a bit skew wiff but still looks fine. Fantastic suit by the way, RL?

 

[Prof. B. Bear]



Looks good mate, dimple is a bit skew wiff but still looks fine. Fantastic suit by the way, RL?

Yeah still trying to get the dimpling down pact. Suit is Indochino btw.

 

[Selvaggio]



Anyone know where I could get one of these / something similar locally?:
http://www.rugby.com/shop/item.aspx?productId=11356658

Wouldn't those things leave nasty great holes in your collar points? I used to have something similar, but it had little clips - got it at Gowings. In the absence of Gowings I just don't know where you source these sort of slightly anachronistic, yet intersting, men's accessories (eg arm bands, shirt studs, a good range of braces, tie clips etc).

 

[Henry Carter]



Yeah still trying to get the dimpling down pact. Suit is Indochino btw.

Wow I think that's the first Indochino I've seen that looks good. Granted I've only read through the thread a few times but it seems to be 99% disasters on there. You seem to be the 1%.

 

[tobiasj]



Wouldn't those things leave nasty great holes in your collar points? I used to have something similar, but it had little clips - got it at Gowings. In the absence of Gowings I just don't know where you source these sort of slightly anachronistic, yet intersting, men's accessories (eg arm bands, shirt studs, a good range of braces, tie clips etc).

Sorry should have said -- I'm thinking about doing the 'safety pin' thing with knit ties.

 

[sliq]

Bijan used (still does?) to teach coat making at UTS, where Daniel Jones (of Zink & Sons) was one of his students.

Used to teach it

 

[Petepan]

Yeah still trying to get the dimpling down pact. Suit is Indochino btw.

Looks good, but I reckon that particular knot is not suited to that collar. I suspect that is a four in hand. Try the half windsor or the shell knot. Google tie knots, first image.

 

[sliq]

i'd probably go for a full windsor knot.

 

[CHECKstar]



Suit is Indochino btw.

Absolutely gobsmacked! Well done!

 

[Henry Carter]

Disagree I'm afraid. Taking away my own personal biases because it's my tie, I think a well tied 4IH is almost always better looking, especially for young guys. This tie also, is a nice thick twill and self tipped throughout the length and would come up huge in a windsor or even half. I'm actually surprised he managed to make the knot as small as it is. So in conclusion, I'd say a thicker 4IH would be better.

 

[Prof. B. Bear]

Long torso leads to small tie knots should have got the extra length on reflection. As for Indochino, the quality isn't bad for what you pay. The majority of them look terrible because people don't know how to measure themselves correctly.

 

[crinklecut]



To wrap up this story, I took the shoes to the cobbler, he sanded back a small section of the buckle, and lo and behold, it is brass underneath some gold coating!  Happy days, and a big plus to Herring for attention to detail.  Cobbler says acid is a big no no.  I will have to think of some other way to get the gold coating off, to reveal the brass underneath.

When I have to get gold off of guitar parts (which are actually nickel-plated brass with a gold coating) I use Brasso and a rag. Comes right off. NevrDull, which you can get at SuperCheap Auto, is even easier but it's more expensive.

 

[tobiasj]

The FIH is the ne plus ultra of tie tying, and as a backup all you need is the double FIH (blade through one loop or two depending on the tie).

 

[Petepan]

When I have to get gold off of guitar parts (which are actually nickel-plated brass with a gold coating) I use Brasso and a rag. Comes right off. NevrDull, which you can get at SuperCheap Auto, is even easier but it's more expensive.

Sounds good to me. I think I have Brasso, so will give it a go this weekend. Thanks for the tip.