Fox Umbrellas - Vivat Vulpes

I finally got around to replacing my old Fox umbrella — with a new Fox umbrella. You can buy directly from Fox and have a bit of a say on the colour of canopy, the handle and fitting you want.

Fox - Keeping you Dry Since 1868

Fox's colour chart includes lots of nice plain colours and a few tartan ones too. American's are big fans of the Black Watch tartan, which is available.

I didn't want a black umbrella this time. I whittled down the colour choices to bordo (a wine/maroon colour), navy, dark green or dark grey. I went for the navy in the end.

Lightweight whanghee handle

Made in the UK, in Croydon, Surrey, the umbrella is a GT9, umbrella boffins — a Gents Tube for lightness, with whanghee handle for more lightness, a gilt tip cup and matching navy case.

Right-hand man

It's a beautiful thing to wield. Here I am practising a few defensive Sherlock Holmes-style bartitsu moves. Your umbrella should be like your right-hand man, always there when you need it.

Collect them all

With the choices available from Fox, I feel a collection of right-hand men coming on.