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uncle trav
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Joined: Apr 27, 2005
Posts: 1531
From: Kalamazoo
|  Posted: 2009-12-07 4:44 pm Permalink
Yes neckties. I had the green one for a long time and found the tapa one today. Now that I have two I guess that qualifies as the start of a collection. Both are vintage and made by Kanaka of Hawaii. You can just make out part of a Tiki near the bottom of the green tie. Both have the feel of bark cloth. Now all I need is a swank blazer to go with the Ties. Does anyone else have any of these neckties? Please post some pics. Thanks
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-12-07 5:02 pm Permalink
Trav,
When forced to wear the noose, I usually wear the Tabasco Cajun ties.
Here is one that Shag designed and you can still get.
DC
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1961surf
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Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 1893
From: Newport Beach, Ca .
| Posted: 2009-12-07 10:48 pm Permalink
Classic tie ...great print DC .
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Bongo Bungalow
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Joined: Aug 20, 2007
Posts: 1226
From: Indiana
| Posted: 2009-12-08 06:13 am Permalink
Mmmm... this could be a use for worn out shirts perhaps.
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MadDogMike
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Posts: 6389
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2009-12-09 1:14 pm Permalink
Nice thread. With the convergence of the handpainted silk tie era (1920s-1950s) and the PolyPop era, there should be some great hand painted tiki ties floating around.
Zazzle is a UK based store that carries 20 or 30 tiki based ties including one designed by TC's own Kiki Von Tiki. I don't know if they ship to the US. They also sell some Maori design ties
(Sorry about the poor quality pic, the website won't let me copy!)
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Feelin' Zombified
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From: The Exotic Shores of Lake St. Clair
| Posted: 2010-02-18 3:52 pm Permalink
Here are 2 that mysteriously showed up in my mailbox one day...
... and my official International Talk Like a Pirate Day tie ...
-Z
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uncle trav
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From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2010-03-06 5:02 pm Permalink
Found another vintage tie today with kind of a tapa look.
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Big Kahuna
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From: SoMass
| Posted: 2010-03-06 5:10 pm Permalink
Have you always been this much of a "Slave To Fashion", Trav?
I must say, you accessorize, well! 
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uncle trav
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Joined: Apr 27, 2005
Posts: 1531
From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2010-03-06 6:02 pm Permalink
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On 2010-03-06 17:10, Big Kahuna wrote:
Have you always been this much of a "Slave To Fashion", Trav?
I must say, you accessorize, well!
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I am a slave to Tiki. And when the pickings are slim at the the thrift store this picker goes to the tie rack 
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uncle trav
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From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2010-07-08 1:41 pm Permalink
Yep. Found another one on one of the slow days at the thrift hole. This one is bark cloth and appears to be homemade.
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MadDogMike
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Posts: 6389
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2010-07-09 5:01 pm Permalink
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On 2009-12-08 06:13, Bongo Bungalow wrote:
Mmmm... this could be a use for worn out shirts perhaps.
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Ties are fairly easy to sew but they have to be cut on the bias (diagonal) which means you start with a large piece of cloth and cut a little strip out corner to corner, leaving 2 less useful triangles (maybe a tapa pattern Hulk Hogan style head cover )
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blue.octopus
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Joined: Jun 02, 2008
Posts: 68
From: London, UK
| Posted: 2010-07-10 3:27 pm Permalink
I found this vintage tie made by Kanaka of Hawaii in a collectables shop last weekend. In very good condition.
I hope to wear it to the office a lot.
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