The Touch! The Tissue Thread TM

Three recent finds :

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formby said:
The Twist Worsted reminds me of Reid & Taylor.
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They are similar, made in Scotland, relatively heavy weight. Have a bunch of actual Reid and Taylor twist worsted I posted earlier in the thread. Not that hard to find old stock. Too heavy and scratchy for most people.

This one is being made up now :

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Also have this one lying around:
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Have some other types of twist too :

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FriendCustomer said:
The cloth or the the tailor?

Cloth : unknown manufacturer 50s Scottish tweed. Olde world. Not bullshit Gianni dating, I saw the original log book.

Tailor : if I really give it tomorrow (almost certain), back alley napoli tailor of LKP LKP
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The cloth. Extra points for back alleging tailoring though.

Where is our dear LKP LKP these days.
 
FriendCustomer said:
They are similar, made in Scotland, relatively heavy weight. Have a bunch of actual Reid and Taylor twist worsted I posted earlier in the thread. Not that hard to find old stock. Too heavy and scratchy for most people.

This one is being made up now :

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Also have this one lying around:
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Have some other types of twist too :

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There were a number of books. Silver Gander, Bronze Eagle picture above, and another one I can't remember at the moment.

The Silver Gander was about 18oz as I recall, very expensive cloth but tailored beautifully. A tailors favourite.

Minnis had a Twist cloth bunch too, which was also superb, probably R&T. That's gone now too.
 
formby said:
There were a number of books. Silver Gander, Bronze Eagle picture above, and another one I can't remember at the moment.

The Silver Gander was about 18oz as I recall, very expensive cloth but tailored beautifully. A tailors favourite.

Minnis had a Twist cloth bunch too, which was also superb, probably R&T. That's gone now too.
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The last Silver Gander book was in the 00s I believe. After that the twisting machines were apparently destroyed and/or heavy weight colored (other than blue and grey) cloth in the necessary quality was no longer available.

Keith Henderson (part of Holland and Sherry) also did books made by Reid and Taylor. R&T made cloth for everyone. They did a non twist, but very colorful worsted for H Lesser in the Golden Bale quality. I also have somewhere a nice refined twist R&T did for Lear Brown and Dunsford.

Just saw a very nice book of new "R&T" twist cloth, recently put out, but in a lighter weight, 395 g or so. Don't think they can really do anything heavier now for the reasons stated above. The quality seemed very nice. Will geit some more info on this new book. Here is a picture from the book I just saw :

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My tailor has a pattern bunch of the one whose name I can't remember. I'll borrow it next time I call in, take photos and post em, so the members can drool...
 
Here is the R&T bronze eagle now made up. It's very fine cloth, not at all rough looking or feeling like some other twists. It's 18 oz + but wears relatively normal, not much different than 13oz worsted and not nearly as hot as flannel.
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FriendCustomer said:
Here is the R&T bronze eagle now made up. It's very fine cloth, not at all rough looking or feeling like some other twists. It's 18 oz + but wears relatively normal, not much different than 13oz worsted and not nearly as hot as flannel.
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I like the shoes a lot, who is the maker? Dont worry, probably too expensive for me lol.
 
Tonik on eBay. A bit flash (grey with blue & red pinstripes) and way too much. $399 for 3.1m

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Elite vintage finds : 1) Reid and Taylor twist from daughter of R&T executive who retired in the early 60s and 2) 90s era dormeuil sportex

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the mega load of vintage W Bill shetland and other treats, 20 cloths in total (to be divided between me and ConchitaWurst ConchitaWurst ), purchased for 100 GBP TOTAL !!! I picked it up today at a secluded farm house (3 hour drive each way) from an antique dealer who had originally purchased the lot as part of an estate and didn't know what to do with it. Pictures to follow. This one is a MONSTER. Stay tuned ...
 
FriendCustomer said:
the mega load of vintage W Bill shetland and other treats, 20 cloths in total (to be divided between me and ConchitaWurst ConchitaWurst ), purchased for 100 GBP TOTAL !!! I picked it up today at a secluded farm house (3 hour drive each way) from an antique dealer who had originally purchased the lot as part of an estate and didn't know what to do with it. Pictures to follow. This one is a MONSTER. Stay tuned ...
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If you decide to sell any. PM me. Seriously.
 
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