ThePortForum cufflinks and lapel pins

[jdaw1]

Now available, cufflinks and lapel pins, costing £20 or $40 for one pair cufflinks + one pin.


I know about some orders: Luc (already mailed); g-man, jfacciol, EricD (those three taking delivery this evening); and for later delivery in the UK, AHB, benread and DRT (perhaps more than one set).

Anybody else?

When enough sets have been sold such that costs have been recovered, subsequent sales will go towards subsidising port at tastings I attend. A noble cause, I’m sure you agree.

[benread]

Now available, cufflinks and lapel pins, costing £20 or $40 for one pair cufflinks + one pin.


I know about some orders: Luc (already mailed); g-man, jfacciol, EricD (those three taking delivery this evening); and for later delivery in the UK, AHB, benread and DRT (perhaps more than one set).

Anybody else?

When enough sets have been sold such that costs have been recovered, subsequent sales will go towards subsidising port at tastings I attend. A noble cause, I’m sure you agree.

Do we get photographic evidence of them being worn tonight?!

[jdaw1]

I wore them. Jay wore them. As for the evidence — well, I'll look in the morning.

[DRT]

I wore them. Jay wore them. As for the evidence — well, I'll look in the morning.

How did you manage to wear cufflinks with your trusty TPF F-Plan t-shirt?

[jdaw1]

How did you manage to wear cufflinks with your trusty TPF F-Plan t-shirt?

Easy. Don F-plan T-shirt. Remove F-plan T-shirt. Don double-cuffed real shirt. Don cufflinks. Done.

[jdaw1]

Do we get photographic evidence of them being worn tonight?!

And a zoom:

[KillerB]

Do we get photographic evidence of them being worn tonight?!

And a zoom:

It is surreal to see TBird peering out of the corner of a TPF offline picture.

[DRT]

It is surreal to see TBird peering out of the corner of a TPF offline picture.

Is that because his eyes are TPF Red ?

[jdaw1]

Honoured guest speaker, Miguel Côrte-Real of Cockburn:

A zoom-in:

[jdaw1]

When enough sets have been sold such that costs have been recovered, subsequent sales will go towards subsidising port at tastings I attend. A noble cause, I’m sure you agree.

My costs have now been recovered. Further sales, whether by me or by the holder of the UK-located inventory, DRT, will be used to subsidise food or port or corkage at subsequent tastings—wheresoever they might be held.

[jdaw1]

A hand seen during the Ferreira vertical on 17th October.

[jdaw1]

Another hand seen during the Ferreira vertical on 17th October.

[jdaw1]

A hand, known to belong to jdaw1, seen during the Ferreira vertical on 17th October.

[ac-fast]

Top nice...

T-Shirts ?? Caps ???

Our own port ???

[jdaw1]

A gentleman might well wear cufflinks when drinking port. But a gentleman might wear a T-shirt when planting trees, or, ideally, when speaking to his forester. And this being an association of like-minded port-drinking gentlefolk, cufflinks seem more appropriate, even for the ladies.

[g-man]

Edited by jdaw1 om 23 Aug 2017 to remove IMG pointing to long-closed domain.

[DRT]

Excellent

[benread]

I have my graduation ceremony today - Chartered Marketer. I am wearing appropriate cufflinks! Pictures to follow hopefully.

[benread]

I have my graduation ceremony today - Chartered Marketer. I am wearing appropriate cufflinks! Pictures to follow hopefully.

Embarrassing picture - now attached. Sorry for size - that element I have yet to work out!

[DRT]

I have never heard of Picassa but if you email the picture to me I will post it here. Or you could upload it as an attachment to your post using the "Upload attachment" function below the box that you type a reply into.

[jdaw1]

Scale the big picture before uploading. And, if wanted, add a zoom-in (or at least unscaled and cropped) picture of the cufflink.

[DRT]

A cufflink attached to my right sleave at this offline

[JacobH]

Ah, I was wondering the reason why an "action shot" was being taken!

[jdaw1]

Whereas I’m more puzzled by the unpublished placemat.

[JacobH]

I think that may have been because the official 20xi placemats were more DRT than even DRT could cope with!

[DRT]

I think that may have been because the official 20xi placemats were more DRT than even DRT could cope with!

No. It's because I had nowhere to host the PDF file in order to post a link to it.

[JacobH]

I think that may have been because the official 20xi placemats were more DRT than even DRT could cope with!

No. It's because I had nowhere to host the PDF file in order to post a link to it.

Ah, sorry, I think we are answering different questions: the correct answer depends on what was the cause of JDAW1’s enpuzzlement. I had assumed it was our non-use of his placemats.

[jdaw1]

Recently somebody asked me for cufflinks, and I didn’t know whether we had any more. Well, we do. But who was that somebody?

[jdaw1]

I do know whether we have more, and we haven’t. The last pair of cufflinks went, this morning, to CPR.

Some lapel pins remain, but not cufflinks.

[jdaw1]

I have enquired of the original supplier about the cost of a repeat order (with small variations).

Small variations:
• An extra 1mm of white space around the edge;
• Allowing rounded corners; and
• Slightly thicker metal.

[jdaw1]

Please would those who expressed an interest own up by PM.

[jdaw1]

Image edited, additionally rounding corners.

[jdaw1]

Ordered: 80×cufflink (= 40 pairs) + 20×lapel pin. ETA 02 August.

Suggested improvements? Desired changes? Excellent: post in this thread in the year 2026.

[jdaw1]

From One Quiz at a Time:

Today, I am even more debonair and handsome than usual. Explain.

New TPF cufflinks?

The beautiful people of London have been fluttering their eyelashes at me optimistically. Being married, of course I didn’t notice.

[Doggett]

Ordered: 80×cufflink (= 40 pairs) + 20×lapel pin. ETA 02 August.

Suggested improvements? Desired changes? Excellent: post in this thread in the year 2026.

And very fine cuff links they are indeed. many thanks for arranging the new batch.

[nac]

Are these still available?

[jdaw1]

Are these still available?

Yes. Remind me just before the next physically-present tasting.