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    Re: Traditional Blackthorn Sticks

    BTW threads like this aren't helping my attempts to keeps spending down. I'm teetering right on the edge of another purchase, thanks to you lot.

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    Re: Traditional Blackthorn Sticks

    Quote Originally Posted by artificer View Post
    BTW threads like this aren't helping my attempts to keeps spending down. I'm teetering right on the edge of another purchase, thanks to you lot.

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    Tell me about it!

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    Re: Traditional Blackthorn Sticks

    Quote Originally Posted by Tobus View Post
    Not just Ireland. Scotland, Wales, and England are experiencing a similar trend. Stickmaking is a big deal there, rapidly gaining in popularity as an 'artisan' craft. It is so popular at the moment (and there is such a demand for quality hand-crafted sticks) that the price and availability of traditional sticks has really skyrocketed. And many of the craftsmen cannot keep any in stock. They are selling them as fast as they can make them.
    <snip>
    Well, that's good news that stick making is more popular than I thought, though if stick buying is more popular too, supplies could still be short...

    Quote Originally Posted by artificer View Post
    BTW threads like this aren't helping my attempts to keeps spending down. I'm teetering right on the edge of another purchase, thanks to you lot.

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    http://www.lollysmith.com/wlstac.html
    http://www.stickandcaneshop.co.uk/ac...OB_STICKS.html
    http://www.fashionablecanes.com/Knob...ng_Sticks.html


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    Re: Traditional Blackthorn Sticks

    Lime,

    Is your tattersal shirt from House of Bruar in Perthshire? I have the same one. I recognise the 3 button barrel cuff (buttons obviously hidden from view) and the colours of the stripes - blue and green.

    Very smart,

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    Re: Traditional Blackthorn Sticks

    Is your tattersal shirt from House of Bruar in Perthshire? I have the same one. I recognise the 3 button barrel cuff (buttons obviously hidden from view) and the colours of the stripes - blue and green.
    It's from Roderick Charles on Jermyn Street (who seem to have a sale on at the moment). I make an annual pilgrimage to stock up.

    The senior partner at my previous firm is good friends with the owner of House of Bruar... I can never get a discount though... despite still being on excellent terms!

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    Re: Traditional Blackthorn Sticks

    Quote Originally Posted by Lime View Post
    It's from Roderick Charles on Jermyn Street (who seem to have a sale on at the moment). I make an annual pilgrimage to stock up.

    The senior partner at my previous firm is good friends with the owner of House of Bruar... I can never get a discount though... despite still being on excellent terms!
    Gotcha. The tattersal shirts offered by House of Bruar are made to Jermyn Street standards, so I am quite sure they are very similiar to the versions offered by Roderick Charles, which are quite superb by the way! Thanks for the heads-up on the sale - I just ordered a tattersal shirt, along with the pink and light blue gingham -very smart and at a great price!

    Thanks,

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    Gotcha. The tattersal shirts offered by House of Bruar are made to Jermyn Street standards, so I am quite sure they are very similiar to the versions offered by Roderick Charles, which are quite superb by the way! Thanks for the heads-up on the sale - I just ordered a tattersal shirt, along with the pink and light blue gingham -very smart and at a great price!
    I do like a wander round the House of Bruar. I hope you like the Roderick Charles shirts - I am very fond; they have a good collar shape which is surprisingly hard to find. I also had a very nice suit (classic English tailoring, high waist, soft shoulders, tapered cuffed trousers with two reverse pleats) from them which unfortunately got destroyed in an exploding tar incident... but I digress: I shall leave my musings on trousers and return to all things kilt!

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    Re: Traditional Blackthorn Sticks

    If only the English made shirts for tall men. [sigh]
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    Re: Traditional Blackthorn Sticks

    This is my blackthorn from Lollysmith. It's got a gigantic root knob bit it's still very comfortable. Lollysmith used to have much better prices but their original supplier dried up and they had to find an alternate which caused their prices to go up substantially.
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    Re: Traditional Blackthorn Sticks

    This thread reminds me of a joke... "what's brown and sticky?" "A stick!"

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