The official thrift/discount store bragging thread - Part II (May 2015 - Sept. 2018)

[SpooPoker]



Whilst we are talking about thrift manners and etiquette, who here feels it's bad karma to not pick up something that falls on the floor as your flicking through the racks?

I get this compulsion to pick it up even though I think "just leave it and keep going". As if bad stuff will happen if I don't hang it back up. It's normally trousers on clip hangers that pull this **** on me. Thankfully my conscience doesn't extend to putting back items of various sizes in the wrong sections. I'm a bad boy.

oh. my. god. i thought i was the only one!!!!! Never leave things a mess or you won't find ****!!

Nothing wrong with befriending the employees at the thrifts. If they try to show you stuff that they might think you like, then all the better.
There are different versions of this. Putting aside a whole rack of clothing to look through before everyone else is pretty nice, and as long as the employees are doing this without any outside incentive or compensation, they are just doing their job of selling clothes. However the good items will end up on the "botique" rack once management comes to the forefront and the fun will be over!

Im friends with all the employees at the stores I frequent - but they have no idea what the good stuff is, and Id rather them keep it that way. Let them think the good stuff is a North Face. Its never bad to have an ally in the store for when you need it - extra discount coupon you may not have, tips about when they get deliveries, etc.

Expect a PM from Spoo in 3.....2......1......

(PS - Belated shout out to Spoo for a fantastic trade. I've been wearing the hell out of that Orlebar Brown shirt.)

hahahaha i just PM'd him

 

[highvoltorb]

oh. my. god. i thought i was the only one!!!!! Never leave things a mess or you won't find ****!!

I generally leave thrift stores cleaner and more organized than when I found them. Sometimes I'll even reunite orphans of stuff I'm not going to buy (if it's like super obvious) just because I know the guy who ends up buying it will look better if he's got both.

 

[Mr. Moo]

Found some dopeness today for well under the 1% rule.

 

[Spruce Moose]

Cop for 20$?

Pretty big size

 

[GetBlatzed]

Is this Fake as ****???

 

[vexco]

Is this Fake as ****???

100% fake.

 

[Reosymes]

100% fake.

+1. The twill direction is off by a few degrees.

 

[sparrow]

Fake

 

[Mr. Moo]



Cop for 20$?

Pretty big size

I would not.

 

[TheNeedMachine]



+1. The twill direction is off by a few degrees.

...not to mention the price as part of the label on the narrow blade - always fake.

 

[vexco]

I also bought a fake Hermes today. Didn't register it was fake til I had already bought it, oh well, only $1.

Everything available, per usual

Alden 2160 shells. 13D. #8 color.





Rest of the fodder. 2 x ST polos, ST tee, Patagonia long-sleeve label tee, Polo Sport and Paul & Shark tees. Southern Tide keychain as well.



Some ties.





Marmot full zip fleece(S), Patagonia fleece vest? @Fueco what is this exactly?



Martin & Osa moon tweed, Canali dual vent, Sammy silk, Southwick cash

 

[Mr. Moo]



...not to mention the price as part of the label on the narrow blade - always fake.

Oh man...

 

[Reosymes]

...not to mention the price as part of the label on the narrow blade - always fake.

Ha, I was joking there. Should've said 'direction is off by one-tenths of a degree' to make it more obvious.

 

[jumpman1231]

"Brilliant, and if that's the caliber of people who inhabit Littleton, I will minimize my time spent there..."

I spent 3rd-7th grade there and never had issues. Actually found people quite friendly. Not to mention over the holidays I stopped by there on the way to and from my staying with family and found women's Kiton jacket, a few newer boss and hickey suits, polo corn jacket, 2 100% loro cash sc and that's what I remember off the top of my head from a quick drive by. So I'd say that don't let one person ruin it for you. Ha that being said if I frequented Littelton often id likely recommend you avoid it like the plague and everyone is a jerk all the time

 

[Takai]

Question for the Cooks, and Chefs here; Im looking at picking up a custom, or "Custom" Paring knife. Main trio of knives I find myself using these days are a very vintage(50s/60s era) Chicago Cutlery Slicer, a Henckel Twin four star II Santoku, and a Twin four star II Pairing knife. Gradually I am going to attempt to replace these with much nicer versions from various places. I was looking at kopping a Carter Muteki Paring/petty, and I keep trying to talk myself out of it, but really havent seen anything that draws me quite as much.

tl:dr- Anyone have any suggestions on great paring/petty knives for ~150-300 shipped range?