If you’re approaching that time when you begin panicking about Christmas gifts or you’re being asked what you’d like and don’t really know what to suggest, here’s a collection of gifts that might just appeal.

Ray Hyland owns Adcock Stanton centrepins and offers a bespoke engraving service. My reels, for instance, have my name and a barbel engraved on them. However we’re teetering on the brink of recession and slap bang in the run up to Christmas so you can imagine the orders for top quality reels aren’t exactly flooding in so Ray’s done a bit of diversifying into the gift market and he’s come up with three absolute winners, a hand warmer, a hip flask and a Zippo lighter, each engraved with the fish of your choice and the owners name.

Zippo Hand Warmers

The Zippo hand warmer comes in highly polished chrome. It lasts up to 12 hours on one filling. Currently available in five different fish species, barbel, chub, roach, grayling and steelhead trout. Ray also hopes to be able to offer a carp as well within the next few days.

All Engraving is carried out ‘in house’ at Adcock Stanton to an exceptionally high standard using a diamond-drag technique. These unique fish designs are owned exclsively by Adcock Stanton and cannot be obtained from any other company. The prices quoted include engraving any name of your choice up to 15 characters. If you have any further questions please contact Ray Hyland direct at Adcock Stanton.

Email: equiries@adcockstanton.com 

Tel: 01530 831166

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The polished chrome Zippo hand warmers cost £32.99 each including postage and will be dispatched within 5 working days.

All the usual debit and credit cards can be accepted.

Hip Flasks

Alternatively you might fancy a personalised 6oz polished stainless steel hip flask with the fish engraving of your choice and a 15 character (max) name. The flask features a screw top captive lid.

Hip flasks cost £29.99 each including postage and will be dispatched within 5 working days. 

Email: equiries@adcockstanton.com 

Tel: 01530 831166

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Zippo Lighters

Finally, for all you smokers out there, Ray is able to offer a polished chrome Zippo lighter. It also features the fish engraving of your choice and a 15 character (max) name costing £27.99 each including postage and will be dispatched within 5 working days.

If you have any questions please contact Ray via

Email: equiries@adcockstanton.com 

Tel: 01530 831166

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It is possible to have almost any item engraved (at a fair price) providing it is reasonably flat. Cylindrical profiles, for example tankards, cannot be engraved. If there something special you would like to have presonalised it doesn’t hurt to ask.

The following are examples of the fish designs you may choose from (barbel, chub, grayling, roach, steelhed trout, carp):

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