Wednesday 26 December 2018

Lord of the Rings..........A$85

One man’s mission to share with the world the fine art of cufflinks.  

Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story.  Read on in this series .....

Your scribe has been on the trails again ranging the canals and back streets of Osaka sampling the fine dining and fine wines on offer there.  It really is a wonderful city and one of your scribes favourites.  A much needed break was had and your scribe is refreshed and ready once again for action in the pin stripe jungle.  Equipped of course with a new stash of links from the Land of the Rising Sun!!!


But today we visit the realms of astronomy and the wonderful world of Paul Smith again.  Having seen the Transit of Venus last week, I was inspired to dig out some old Paul Smith links that I only really to black tie occasions. But the discovery of anomalies in the Rings of Saturn and the Transit of Venus had me looking through the drawers for these little beauties.


 For something so far away, the Rings of Saturn has an extraordinary amount of research and study done on the topic.  The Hubble Telescope images and the Cassini space craft images can enter you in to an almost surreal world that doesn't belie the fact that it is only about 1.2 billion kilometres from Earth. Saturn is six planets from the Sun and is the second largest planet in our Solar System. 


It was discovered by one of your scribe's favourite heretics, Galileo Galilei in 1610.  Whilst technically good ol' Galileo in fashion terms was probably "pre links",  he would most certainly have been a worthy link man....he probably invented the things!!!!!!


Today's links are chrome Paul Smith (refer to past dispatches) links with black, grey and white enamel rings.  They were bought many moons ago in Jermyn Street, London and are old favourites.  Today they are worn with a plain white cotton Savile Row shirt and a black Giorgio Armani silk neck tie.

Til Later




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