"Viking Style" Brouge lacing?

[Ivor]

Tobus.

That sounds all terribly sensible to those that these details matter.

For me? When I am in a tweed shop, for example, if I like a pattern, or colour, or combinations of colours, then I might take an interest, the same goes for hose. If not, I just dismiss them/it.

Each to their own.

Perhaps it is a symptom of the times when so many now shop online, particularly following the covid pandemic, but for us of an older generation it is more important to actually see and feel the quality of goods on offer. OK you can return items if you don’t like them but you are then left without a sourced item. Simply going by a colour chart is not always a reliable indicator, particularly of quality.