Hide to seek
When out on a shoot day, I am often asked where my gun slip is from. I proudly reply that it was made in my grandfather’s leather goods factory on the border between Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire.
A well-made gun slip really is a masterpiece of craftsmanship, but it is hard not to feel like some of that artistry has been lost when you see the generality of mass-produced alternatives. Endless identical slips cause great confusion and sometimes embarassment when you walk to your peg with someone else’s gun.
It’s not that I have a problem with the fact that many people use a gun slip that has been mass-produced. But it does make me wonder whether the
