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&#; Post: #1 &#;Are any dart boards still manufactured in U.K. or are they all made in China now. Just curious.
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&#; Post: #2 &#;Bulls are made in New Zealand, Winmau in kenya, One80 in China and Unicorn also is China - not sure about either Harrows or Target, although I suspect Target are made at their factory in China as well
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mc Wrote: Bulls are made in New Zealand, Winmau in kenya, One80 in China and Unicorn also is China - not sure about either Harrows or Target, although I suspect Target are made at their factory in China as well
Thanks for the reply even if a bit disappointing.I had hoped the home of darts and my forefathers still produced quality dartboards. The times and economic realities we live in I suppose.
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&#; Post: #4 &#;I know that all Harrows products are still made in the UK. I really want to get the Match Play board (made by Harrows), but I don't see them offered in the US and I have to pay shipping from the UK. I am a sucker for UK made dart products. I don't know what it is but I want my dart equipment to be UK made, if possible. Of course when I had my dart teams in the various leagues I played in, I always believed that you should have at least one English dart thrower on your team!
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Breadfan Wrote: I know that all Harrows products are still made in the UK. I really want to get the Match Play board (made by Harrows), but I don't see them offered in the US and I have to pay shipping from the UK. I am a sucker for UK made dart products. I don't know what it is but I want my dart equipment to be UK made, if possible. Of course when I had my dart teams in the various leagues I played in, I always believed that you should have at least one English dart thrower on your team!
Yes sir a very English game and I prefer English dart products over most U.S. made products. (the price even with shipping is no small part of that opinion) Much better selection on darts and accessories. I do still fancy chucking my Black Widows now and again but the Bottelsen line in particular are dated and way overpriced. I do still throw my Hammerhead sets a bit but they have nothing at this time I would pay for.
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Breadfan Wrote: I know that all Harrows products are still made in the UK. I really want to get the Match Play board (made by Harrows), but I don't see them offered in the US and I have to pay shipping from the UK. I am a sucker for UK made dart products. I don't know what it is but I want my dart equipment to be UK made, if possible. Of course when I had my dart teams in the various leagues I played in, I always believed that you should have at least one English dart thrower on your team!
Is this what you're looking for? https://www.amazon.com/Harrows-Matchplay...B00UNR4VSC
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&#; Post: #7 &#;(08-28-, 02:02 PM)
Breadfan Wrote: I know that all Harrows products are still made in the UK. I really want to get the Match Play board (made by Harrows), but I don't see them offered in the US and I have to pay shipping from the UK. I am a sucker for UK made dart products. I don't know what it is but I want my dart equipment to be UK made, if possible. Of course when I had my dart teams in the various leagues I played in, I always believed that you should have at least one English dart thrower on your team!
I'm going to correct myself here, I emailed Harrows and asked them where their boards were made and they replied:Our Pro Matchplay dartboard is made in China.All dartboards are either made in China or Kenya today.Harrows DartsPindar roadHoddesdonHertsEN11 0JXEnglandPhone:+44 (0) Fax:+44 (0) Skype:
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&#; Post: #8 &#;(08-29-, 06:48 AM)
bkbum Wrote:(08-28-, 02:02 PM)
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Breadfan Wrote: I know that all Harrows products are still made in the UK. I really want to get the Match Play board (made by Harrows), but I don't see them offered in the US and I have to pay shipping from the UK. I am a sucker for UK made dart products. I don't know what it is but I want my dart equipment to be UK made, if possible. Of course when I had my dart teams in the various leagues I played in, I always believed that you should have at least one English dart thrower on your team!
Is this what you're looking for? https://www.amazon.com/Harrows-Matchplay...B00UNR4VSC
I saw that and it was only available from 3rd party sellers, and it was 120.00. I went with the Bandit Plus, hopefully I will like it. Thank you for the heads up though!
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&#; Post: #9 &#;(09-01-, 01:24 PM)
Breadfan Wrote:(08-28-, 02:02 PM)
Breadfan Wrote: I know that all Harrows products are still made in the UK. I really want to get the Match Play board (made by Harrows), but I don't see them offered in the US and I have to pay shipping from the UK. I am a sucker for UK made dart products. I don't know what it is but I want my dart equipment to be UK made, if possible. Of course when I had my dart teams in the various leagues I played in, I always believed that you should have at least one English dart thrower on your team!
I'm going to correct myself here, I emailed Harrows and asked them where their boards were made and they replied:
Our Pro Matchplay dartboard is made in China.
All dartboards are either made in China or Kenya today.
Harrows Darts
Pindar road
Hoddesdon
Herts
EN11 0JX
England
:+44 (0)
Fax:+44 (0)
Skype: harrowsdartsuk
www.harrowsdarts.com
Must admit I wasn't sure if Harrows boards were made in England - thanks for confirming China
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&#; Post: #10 &#;(08-29-, 04:41 AM)
Lonelybull Wrote: Yes sir a very English game and I prefer English dart products over most U.S. made products. (the price even with shipping is no small part of that opinion) Much better selection on darts and accessories. I do still fancy chucking my Black Widows now and again but the Bottelsen line in particular are dated and way overpriced. I do still throw my Hammerhead sets a bit but they have nothing at this time I would pay for.
USA would be second for me too. I really would like a set of those Black widows but prices for these are pretty high. I'm having a hard time justifying it. I can two great sets of English darts for the price of one set of Black Widows.
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Winmau, pronounced "win more", is a Welsh manufacturer of dartboards, other darts equipment and title sponsor of the oldest darts tournament still running, the Winmau World Masters.
Founded in , Winmau was acquired by rival dartboard manufacturer Nodor in , headed by John Bluck, with both brands remaining in production. The company is based in Bridgend in south Wales although manufacturing of the boards takes place in Kenya.[1] Bluck's eldest son Vince is now the managing director.
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The company was founded as H.A. Kicks in by Harry Kicks using his demob money. The company manufactured elm dartboards that were hand-painted until the early s when graphic transfers began to be used for the numbers and coloured segments. Later they produced paper-coil dartboards which, unlike elm boards, did not require soaking, and this was reflected in the brand name "Keep Dry". Scotts Dartboards of Southend, who specialised in paper-coil boards, bought the Keep Dry brand from Kicks in the late s.[1]
The company name evolved into H.A. Kicks and Sons in the early s as Kicks' sons joined the business. At around the same time, the patent on bristle dartboards, owned by Nodor, expired and Kicks began to make their own bristle boards. A few years after signing a deal with the fledgling British Darts Organisation's (BDO) founder Olly Croft in which made H.A. Kicks dartboards the official boards of the organisation, Kicks changed the name of the company to Winmau. The new name came from the first three letters of Kicks' wife's first names, Winifred Maud.[1]
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Harry Kicks senior died in , leaving his five sons to run the company. In the late s, the popularity of darts as a televised sport began to wane, which had a knock-on effect for Winmau, which began to struggle financially. In , a compulsory purchase order forced Winmau to move to new premises, and the company relocated to Haverhill in Suffolk. In , Ron Kurtz, the owner of Accudart, Inc., Winmau's distributor in the United States, responded to a request for assistance from Kicks' sons. Kurtz became the majority shareholder, and in just two years had turned Winmau's fortunes around by bringing in his own people to run the business.[1]
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Nodor was started in by chemist Ted Leggatt as a manufacturer of modelling clay. In , Leggatt produced his first dartboard which was made from clay. It did not prove popular, and within a year Nodor was making elm dart boards. By the mid-s, however, Nodor had found success with the launch of their patented bristle dartboard.[1]
As soon as Nodor's patent has expired, Winmau began to produce bristle boards, and an intense rivalry between the two companies began. Each company made several bids to acquire the other, before Nodor finally completed a takeover of Winmau in .[1]
Nodor continues to manufacture darts equipment using both brand names. The Winmau brand had until recently maintained its close links with the BDO, both as title sponsor for the Winmau World Masters and the board sponsor of the BDO World Darts Championship.[1] Following the collapse of the BDO in , Winmau no longer displays the BDO logo on their Blade boards at the 6 and 11 position this has now been replaced with a simple W logo.
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On 31 January , it was announced that the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) would be using Winmau boards for all their tournaments in a five-year deal, beginning with the Premier League Darts.[2]
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