I forgot to say before - the person who emailed you when your spindles were showing as out of stock was buying them as a present for me.
I absolutely LOVE them and have written a review of them here: http://blackcatsews.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/review-pallia-spindle-sticks-and-clay.html
Panth, thank you very much for your review! I am very happy that you love the spindle sticks, and that the whorl works well for you, too. The spindles take on a certain "used look" or patina over time, and personally I like them best when they show some traces of what they have seen and spun, including a bit of a colour stain if one spins coloured fibre...
I am now trying to convert my reenactment group into using your spindles...
(Also, some of the credit must go to Cathelina di Alessandri, who specifically recommends your spindles and whorls for use in experiments with medieval style spinning: http://cathelinadialessandri.wordpress.com/spinning/ )