Ib chav ua yeeb yam ntawm cov hlau muaj txiaj ntsig los ntawm ob txhais tes qub tshaj plaws hauv kev lag luam
Tus neeg siv khoom rau lub tsheb kauj vab no xav kom peb muab nws cov tswv yim nrog peb cov kev paub vim Pete Bird thiab kuv muaj ze li 60 xyoo ntawm kev tsim thiab kev lag luam tsheb kauj vab ntawm peb, 'hais Robert Wade, ib nrab ntawm Swallow Bespoke. 'Lub ntsiab lus pib ntawm no yog tias nws tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyiam cov hlau stainless Llewellyn lugs.'
Txhua yam tuaj yeem ua tiav hauv qhov no tag nrho Columbus XCr stainless hlau tsim, ua kom tiav nrog iav-polished lugs thiab nyob twj ywm. "Peb txhawb kom txhua tus neeg siv khoom muaj kev koom tes ntau npaum li lawv xav tau," Pete Bird hais. 'Nrog lub tsheb kauj vab no uas txhais tau tias muaj ntau qhov polished thiab cov raj uas siv ze li peb lub lis piam kom tau txais qhov zoo meej tiav.
Nws yog lub sijhawm siv tau zoo. Lub Swallow typeface nyob rau hauv lub raj yog polished liab qab hlau, nrog rau cov seem ntawm lub ntsiab daim duab peb sab pleev xim rau hauv ib tug dub uas tig iridescent nyob rau hauv tshav ntuj. Qhov tshwm sim? Lub puab tsaig-puab thav duab ntawm exquisite, tshwj xeeb kev zoo nkauj.
Txhua tus nquab nqos tau tsim txij li xyoo 1981 tau ua ib qho kev txiav txim siab, ib yam khoom ntawm kev sib koom tes nrog cov neeg siv khoom kom ua tiav ze li qhov ua tau zoo. Pete thiab Robert yog ob tug yau tshaj Reynolds 753 pom zoo Master Frame builders thiab thawj zaug qhia txog tsheb kauj vab haum rau xyoo 1980 rau tag nrho lawv cov neeg siv khoom - ib qho kev pabcuam uas lawv tseem muaj.
Swallow Columbus XCr, £ 3, 410 (thav duab nkaus xwb); kwv yees li £ 7,000 (raws li daim duab).
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