The Official Thrift / Discount Store Bragging Thread Part III (Sept 2018-)

[goatamous II]

Spending more and more time in womens

 

[vandelay74]

Pop!

 

[Centaurus3200]

A few highlights from yesterday's eyewear haul.


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i found a pair of Lindberg Spirit Titanium a few years ago. my wife made them her first prescription eyeglasses. of course, she refuses to use them because that would admit she's far sighted. so she just squints at the computer monitor. LOL!

 

[vandelay74]

Pop!

I’m slammin em tonight! You guys are dead in the water!

Jk- just wanted to use the quote. Carry on haha

 

[goatamous II]

 

[Letric]

Damn that shopping cart wire is effed up but nice score there @Goatanus

 

[flipstah]

Anyone know how to resolve deep cuts on leather? Tried a first pass in cleaning/polishing but the toe has seen better days



Post polishing

 

[goatamous II]

Saphir makes a resin based renovating repair cream

kirby has a good video on repairing a gouge



the less expensive route is to use a wax based polish and build up layers, but it does end up kinda gunky that way

 

[florent]

^this
Other brands are making similar products that may be cheaper where you live (here by Angelus for example). The tricky part is to get the the right color to blend with the leather

 

[Letric]

Also to mention - Those boot toes look pretty dented like something slammed down on em or maybe they rode a motorcycle or whatever. That goes into the "toe counter" material which is usually a heat-solidified resin-impregnated canvas. A dented toe can sort of be fixed with some gentle heat/steam and massaging but to really fix it the counters basically have to be replaced.

Just my opinion as a shoe restorer. Nice boots either way and dang that Trofeo cashmere!

 

[Fueco]

I picked up these Kuhl shorts for myself today at GW. A bit later, I popped into REI and saw the same ones on the clearance rack for $50.

 

[flipstah]

Also to mention - Those boot toes look pretty dented like something slammed down on em or maybe they rode a motorcycle or whatever. That goes into the "toe counter" material which is usually a heat-solidified resin-impregnated canvas. A dented toe can sort of be fixed with some gentle heat/steam and massaging but to really fix it the counters basically have to be replaced.

Just my opinion as a shoe restorer. Nice boots either way and dang that Trofeo cashmere!

Thanks for that tidbit! It’s pretty decent right now as is and would be better if I fix the gouges + that dent you mentioned. I wondered what that was!

The cash blazer is sooo nice. The softest I’ve ever touched

 

[Purplelabel]

I am convinced Flippy robs Zegna every day.

 

[JohnAAG]

The softest I’ve ever touched

Unfortunately, TWSS ...

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Another pair of LP from the store I found the pair a few weeks back.

Larry Piano shoes? lol