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Picture from: Piras/Roetzl: Traditional Style- Wohnkultur auf den Britischen Inseln |
"The most fortunate people go to shoot, on their own land or the land of their friends. There you will find many of them in their badges of honourable experience: fully seasoned, weathered tweeds (including unlined plus twos), over silk long johns, viyella shirts, old (probably skew-whiff) ties and caps or battered felt hats; shooting stockings, deeply-dubbined field boots or shoes and gaiters and Schoffel and Barbour coats. […]
More likely than not, these people use their grandfathers’ guns; since the only people that can afford a pair of bespoke Best London guns now are the pointless (and often clueless) ‘celebrities’ of the modern age."
(Nicholas J. Storey, A Short Guide to the Sporting Life- History of Men's Etiquette, p.33 f.)
Wonderful photo
AntwortenLöschenWonderful indeed, and a great text by Mr. Storey.
AntwortenLöschenBoth of them are good books, indeed.
AntwortenLöschenExcellent.
AntwortenLöschenJust ordered the book. Thanks for the Tip bro(mios);-)
AntwortenLöschenVery sadly, the new Barbour is simply a travesty of the quality we used to enjoy.
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