Quote Originally Posted by Panache View Post
Star picked it out for me from the "Irish Castle" booth at the Pleasanton Games last year. They have a store in San Francisco and it is my very favorite walking stick. A lot of blackthorn sticks available are really thin but not this one! (Star made her choice by testing all the sticks against our children's backsides. They liked this one least so naturally it was the winner )

Cheers

Jamie
Hmm, I'll have to swing by there. I have a heavy and still-new-looking handknit Arran sweater in black sheep yarn I bought at that store in San Francisco. The proprietress told me at the time, "It'll still be keepin' ye warm when ye go down to the grave!".

That was in 1982.

I'd love to find a really good stout blackthorn.