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You can never go wrong with Dugdale. I guess you chose from their Royal Classic books. It is a gem.

Happy New Year to you Michael and to all LLoungers.

Making leather belts is one of my favorite hobbies. A few years back a very well known leather company in North America called Tandy Leather offered courses about how to make leather belts. Of course, the company sells leather, dyes.. I attended one of these courses (10 hours). I have since made at ...

Merry Christmas to all of you!

It all depends on the thickness of the tie. Half Windsor in almost 80% of cases (lighter ties), four in hand in 20% (thicker ties).

Beautiful knife and color indeed Michael.

Manself, What your friend did is quite common among Frenchmen. It is very traditional in France to own a lock knife, to keep it very sharp, carry it around and use it at restaurants. Quite often it is a 'Laguiole'. I am not an LVMH heir but I carry my own lock knife to restaurants too. At the end of...

Absolutely gorgeous, Mike!

Dear Davidhuh, Relativity and confusion are some of the characteristics of our times. The blazer originated from Royal Navy wear. Their navy coats had (still have? I am not certain) metal buttons. This is the blazer. Blazers blaze (shine) only because of metal, otherwise they would not. Mr Boyer can...

A blazer is a DB coat with metal buttons. No metal buttons: no blazer, just a DB coat.

I am one Michael. And I like it very much. I bet you will get used to it and even better, use it often.

Paborden,
You can buy directly from HFW (Minnis) online. They have some flannels on offer now, one of which is a navy in the 400 grs for 35 BP a metre, a steal for a flannel.
If you need heavier weight, nothing would be more appropriate than or as good as the LL flannel book from Fox.

Snapper,
I have a few pants made from the Minnis Fresco in the 280-310 grammes (9-10 ozs). They are absolutely great for the summer.

Dear Younglawyer,
I know your question is about tweeds. If I were you I would choose a tweedy-like milled worsted. I would take the POW # 9467 from the Town classic book from Dugdale's. It is 14 ozs, of amazing quality and can be worn for the weekends, etc..