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The final two pictures from the series.
A lot of people who collect fine pipes keep them cleaned, polished and kept on a rack for display. Part of Marks collection of pipes sits like this much of the time. Of course, he is a turn away from all he needs to make them look pristine again. Many of these are very nice pipes collecting a layer of briar dust. When we head out to fish he looks down and sorts thru them a little, knows each maker and when and where he got it. Most of them have a patina of Mac Baren Navy flake inside. After a quick run through the last couple wheels in the polishing line the pipe is looking good again and is river ready. The one criteria for finding a good river pipe is finding one you wouldn’t mind (too badly) losing down the river while trying to multitask a pipe and a fish.
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