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Author Topic: Unusual Strathearn  (Read 2512 times)

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Offline alpha

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Unusual Strathearn
« on: February 04, 2008, 03:38:03 AM »
Any one have any ideas as to what the "T" cane represents?

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Re: Unusual Strathearn
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2008, 12:31:17 PM »
I think, from relative positioning, that the S and colon are relevant so S:T - possibly a personalised wedding gift?

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Re: Unusual Strathearn
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2008, 12:37:57 PM »
I think your colon is a 72 Frank  ;D

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Re: Unusual Strathearn
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2008, 03:20:44 PM »
Its the eyes  ::)

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Re: Unusual Strathearn
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2008, 05:29:36 PM »
I thought it might be a special order company commemorative weight - and perhaps others exist. It seems more likely than constructing and pulling a T cane for a single event. But has anyone ever seen a weight from Strathearn like that before or even a T cane of that making?

Hopefully, I will see that weight for real sometime.
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Re: Unusual Strathearn
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2008, 06:12:17 PM »
Frank as it has a  72 cane, could it have been made for someone at the Lisbon exhibition ?

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Re: Unusual Strathearn
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2008, 06:25:27 PM »
If they had a portable set up, which seems unlikely!

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Re: Unusual Strathearn
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2008, 07:02:20 PM »
Could it not have been made in Strathearn before going to Lisbon, as a gift maybe.

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Re: Unusual Strathearn
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2008, 07:23:24 PM »
Or afterwards as a commission?

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Re: Unusual Strathearn
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2008, 12:30:49 AM »
May the "T" be an casualty arrow ?

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