Maybe its because I am of an older generation with older priorities, I really don't know, but I expect to buy shoes that will last 20 years, I expect a fishing reel to last two lifetimes, I expect a gun to last three lifetimes, I expect a sporran to last several generations and so on. All this is assuming a certain amount of sensible use of course, but certainly not "cotton wool" style use.

I suppose that I am a merchant's nightmare as they don't get to sell me things too often! I was always taught ---rightly so, as it has turned out------that the three most expensive things that you will ever buy is first, shoddy workmanship. Second, shoddy materials and the third, is something you don't want.

I know that we live in a world of instant gratification, but if only people took their time with their purchases it would really pay them a dividend. To adjust a well known phrase a tad, but " buy in haste and repent at leisure!"

If people bore the above in mind more often, then it might allow the skilled manufacturer of a quallity product to flourish.