n his essay , GK Chesterton explains that the gift of a walking stick presents him with a dilemma: its splendour offers an image to the world at odds with his own. Might the resplendent walking-stick, with its shiny handle and silver bands, come in a few days of his company to take on a more dingy, battered and comfortable look? Or will the stick transform him into its image? One thing’s for certain: if he walks down the street with it at present, ‘Most
