Clip on ties

[Tarzan]

I was thinking along the lines of getting clip together pants. Those metal jaws that close to my manhood create quite a safety issue also. A guy could could bleed to death!

Seriously, I can see the idea about safety with a clip on. But for comfort, it's just as easy to loosen the tie and unhook the top botton. I've been wearing ties for a long time and got so used to them that once in the truck on the way home I never loosened it. probably for the best because you never know when you were going to run into some power mad senior Noncom or officer and be chewed out in public.

 

[P-Dawg_QX]

I love that we can get clip-ons through our uniform shop. The bummer is that they're made with a big ol' shiny clip, so it's obvious that you're wearing a clip-on, and that's just tacky, IMO. If they made them with a black clip to match the tie, it would be perfect!

 

[hobbsmeter]

What about using Velcro? Just cut the back of your tie, sew on the velcro patches and there you have it. Easy enough to remove inflight and put back on later, plus there's no metal clip showing, and the velcro would be hidden under your collar.
Has anyone tried this? I think I'm on my way to the patent office on Monday

 

[FN FAL]

What about using Velcro? Just cut the back of your tie, sew on the velcro patches and there you have it. Easy enough to remove inflight and put back on later, plus there's no metal clip showing, and the velcro would be hidden under your collar.
Has anyone tried this? I think I'm on my way to the patent office on Monday

Screw the velcro...just get some pilot shirts and have a tie design silk screened on them. They'll look kind of dorky if you don't button the top button, but at least it would beat the hell out having to change the oil in your tie ever three to five years.

 

[Swede]

There's a valid point to be made for not having a pre-tied garrotte around your neck when it's smack-down time.

In fact, I think we should have FLIGHT SUITS! Yeah, let's flog that embarassing issue once more.

 

[GVFlyer]

I wear this velcro bad-boy with my genuine Eastern Airlines Flight Uniform from the Field Shops on Doral in Miami, FL.



http://www.outinstyle.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=LAW30080

 

[generaltso]

How do you keep your tie from blowing around in the wind (if you even do?)... tie pin? tie clip? button it to your shirt?

 

[semperfido]

I wear this velcro bad-boy with my genuine Eastern Airlines Flight Uniform from the Field Shops on Doral in Miami, FL.



http://www.outinstyle.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=LAW30080

now if only Nautica,Tommy Hillfiger or Joseph Aboud would come out with one of those I would buy some

 

[Tripower455]

There's a valid point to be made for not having a pre-tied garrotte around your neck when it's smack-down time.

Amen brutha! That's the main reason I wear one nowadays, aside for the easy removal for those long flights.

In fact, I think we should have FLIGHT SUITS! Yeah, let's flog that embarassing issue once more.

LOL...... I was JUST thinking the same thing as I was ironing my WHITE uniform shirt, and the hotel iron puked brown stuff on it. This, after vigorous wiping on a wet towel and a good warm up with the steam on.

I should patent an iron cleaning pad made from Van Heusen pilot shirts.... They seem to be the only material capable of getting the crud off/out of irons!

 

[GravityHater]

You can't be serious! This is 2005. You can now have your entire uniform or daily attire painted on your naked body and never have to worry about a single stitch, let alone how to tie a necktie!

 

[Ace75]

Does anyone know the phone number for the Field Shops in Miami? Its kind of an emergency and Id like to thank you in advance. They deliver right?

 

[FracCapt]

What about using Velcro? Just cut the back of your tie, sew on the velcro patches and there you have it. Easy enough to remove inflight and put back on later, plus there's no metal clip showing, and the velcro would be hidden under your collar.
Has anyone tried this? I think I'm on my way to the patent office on Monday

It was done many years ago. I had one(homemade, not purchased like that) about 10 years ago because I was required to wear one, even while working near machinery. Idiots for bosses. All of us that were required to wear them made them into velcro closures in the back. I don't know who came up with the idea first, but it was at least 5 or 6 years old at that place when I got there.