Thrift Store Scores
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I hit up the monthly vintage flea market here in North Portland and grabbed some pants for me and wifey. These fatigues have an October 30th1952 manufacture date.
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Great score! even better if its the right size, but you might get a good buck for vintage MIL stuff (A quick google search on the M-1951 pants reveal around 80$)
"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
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@scarfmace oh good to know! Luckily they fit and I’ll wear them - they were $10 and I just couldn’t pass them up. The sellers (2 old fellas selling only military items) had a bunch of leather pilot jackets from Vietnam/Korean war - beautiful leather, a little beat up in the cuffs - but well priced at $45.
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@GraemeE thanks my guy. You should check it out some time. This particular market is located at the armory near PDX, runs 1/month and has higher quality/antique items vs the Sunday one in St Johns (although that one is currently 1/month until March).
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@Inorganic I've been looking for a vintage B3 for ages, I found one in a thrift store in Amsterdam a couple years ago for 100€ but it wasn't my size.
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@scarfmace I didn’t see any of those, but I’ll keep my eye out
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@Inorganic between the 2 pieces that's a savings of like $800 from Mr Freedom/Real Mccoys prices for repros....
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@GraemeE that's crazy to think about....I'm taking your last comment as an endorsement to continue shopping at the flea! It's basically my Sunday religion
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@Inorganic for sure keep going
If I can sneak out I'll definately try to catch it too
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Holy shit how could I forget this gem that I picked up at the weekend as well?
It’s a lunchbox from the 1950s designed by a Canadian miner. The story goes that he was waiting for the train to take him down into the mine and didn’t have a seat so he used his lunchbox which promptly collapsed. He went home and took it upon himself to design a lunchbox that you can sit on. I picked it up for $3!
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@Inorganic that’s beautiful
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@steelworker RIGHT!!! I Have come to learn that they have a bit of a following. It’s one motherfucker of a lunchbox. I can tell you that.
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@steelworker ha!!! When I saw it at the market that is what I thought too!! If you look at their website they make it with the simplest of tools: shear, brake & riveter. Gotta love it
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If that's the lunchbox, I can only dream of the lunch
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Cold weather camping gear completed. I scored these A-10 trousers which were used by WWII pilots before pressurized cabins were a thing. Alpaca lining from the waist to the knee and wool below that. These appear to be unworn and were made in 1944!! I’m just so stunned by their quality.
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@GraemeE haha!! From one thrift hound to another, your comment means the world to me! I often joke with my buddies that at my funeral mourners will be given a leaflet at the door. It will be a catalog of all of my thrifts, a table summarizing what I paid versus MSRP. The total at the end will be the summation of my life.
