Phil,,

It might be the ‘collective handle’ as opposed the Cyclic though?

GYD

Hi flatter99!

Sadly, your question is outside my personal ‘field of experience’ but, I’m sure someone will have an idea, eventually!  Wild, wild guess, German Gotha??  

GYD

Alex, naturally, all three!!

TT, yes T1 Provost and as TA says, it has been around for a while, nice to see that it still has the brake lever though.

FA thanks for that Mirage link, something that does not come along too often.  It is the later more up to date (1990’s) handle replacing the SAMM 110 and very similar if not identical to the (French) Jaguar but, a tad ambitious price wise I fear?

GYD 

Brightspark180,

Nice Varsity yoke, a much maligned and forgotten stalwart of RAF Training Command!  Always nice to see a handle mounted too – I still have some work to do there, my resident stand maker is now sadly lacking the facilities to create but, working on a solution!

Nick, nice to hear from you again.  I suppose the physical size of the UK makes it a little easier to get out and about to various ‘aeroboots’ but they are slowly getting fewer and smaller as time goes on.  The other issue we now face is the farcical restrictions that both the EU and UK are now putting in place for not just trading but travelling in and out of the two areas – hindering our European collectors from coming/trading here and vice versa.  Bureaucracy for the sake Bureaucracy, I wish they would get a grip!

Happy New Year to everyone! 

GYD

Hi Nick,

Complements of the Season to you! 

I still visit and respond if I can but, to be honest not much has come about of late – unless it’s dreamers of the likes in your link above???  The lack of ‘aeroboots’ and suchlike over here has also impacted everyone, so we are left with ‘the evil one’ to source new items but even that seems to have dried up somewhat (or refer to my previous comment).  I hope Alex is still working wonders with his Soviet restorations and I always look forward to seeing his efforts. 

I think it is going to be a bit of a ‘slog’ while this pandemic thing still rules our lives but, fingers crossed there will be light at the end of the tunnel!  However, ian has picked up a few gems via ‘Face-book’ over the last twelve months or so, he seems to think that is the way forward?

GYD

Hi Alex,

Thanks for the interest.   At present I am just concentrating  on the ‘Dunlop’ straight handles but, I might put an appendix to include some of the different UK manufacturers (Page, Dowty etc). 

It is purely an unofficial collectors guide based on my collecting experience over the last 30 years or so, rather than an official historical document.   I think I’m only up to about 8000 words at the moment and that is mainly in the introduction!  However, I will undoubtedly need to rely on fellow collectors to provide some pictures of examples not in my possession! 

Sadly, my knowledge of the Soviet stick history is a little beyond me, have you ever thought of doing something?

I will probably leave it in an electronic format to start with but, you never know!  

Martyn

GYD 

Nice one! I have an earlier (issue 1 dated 1955) example in my collection.  

GYD