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2nd February 12, 07:50 AM
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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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2nd February 12, 08:07 AM
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Re: Traditional Blackthorn Sticks
 Originally Posted by artificer
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.
 ith:
Tell me about it!
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2nd February 12, 08:12 AM
#3
Re: Traditional Blackthorn Sticks
 Originally Posted by Tobus
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.
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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...
 Originally Posted by artificer
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.
 ith:
  
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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2nd February 12, 02:07 PM
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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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2nd February 12, 03:39 PM
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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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3rd February 12, 06:32 AM
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Re: Traditional Blackthorn Sticks
 Originally Posted by Lime
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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3rd February 12, 09:44 AM
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Re: Traditional Blackthorn Sticks
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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3rd February 12, 10:02 AM
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Re: Traditional Blackthorn Sticks
If only the English made shirts for tall men. [sigh]
Kenneth Mansfield
NON OBLIVISCAR
My tartan quilt: Austin, Campbell, Hamilton, MacBean, MacFarlane, MacLean, MacRae, Robertson, Sinclair (and counting)
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2nd February 12, 03:46 PM
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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.
Jay
Clan Rose - Constant and True
"I cut a stout blackthorn to banish ghosts and goblins; In a brand new pair of brogues to ramble o'er the bogs and frighten all the dogs " - D. K. Gavan
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2nd February 12, 04:37 PM
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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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