This is a vintage gents umbrella with a whangee bamboo crook handle, furnished with a gold-plated sliding collar. 

'Whangee refers to any of over forty Asian grasses of the genus Phyllostachys, a genus of bamboos. They are a hardy evergreen plant from Japan, China and the Himalayas whose woody stems were often used to make canes and umbrella handles. The word derives from the Chinese (Mandarin) huáng lí. It can also refer to a cane made from whangee. Charlie Chaplin’s character, The Little Tramp, is famously known for his whangee cane and John Steed, the dapper secret agent from television’s The Avengers, was known for carrying an umbrella with a whangee handle.'

There is a metal shaft & frame, which supports a black nylon canopy. The canopy has a label with:
'St Michael
100% Nylon Polyamide
Made in the UK' 
printed on one side, and on the label's back:
'46/1201P
106' 
'The name St Michael was used by Marks & Spencer from 1927 for hosiery products manufactured by their supplier N. Corah & Sons of Leicester. It was registered as a trademark in 1928. At first it applied only to products produced by Corahs, but by 1950 and for the next fifty years, almost all goods sold by Marks & Spencer used the St Michael brand.
The brand was dropped in 2000 as part of a general rebranding. For the next few years, the St Michael name was adopted as the 'St Michael Quality Promise' on the back of food products, on the side of delivery vehicles and on in-store receipts.'
The shaft ends in a cane section with an original metal ferrule.

Measurements:
Length - 91cm
Diameter of Handle - 15.0cm
Diameter of canopy - 101cm 
Diameter of shaft - 0.8cm
Weight - 427g
 
Very good condition with intact canopy.
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