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[[Image:BarlingSpecial.jpg|thumb|400px|center|Pre-Transition Barling Special - Courtesy of Mike Ahmadi]] | [[Image:BarlingSpecial.jpg|thumb|400px|center|Pre-Transition Barling Special - Courtesy of Mike Ahmadi]] | ||
[[File:1008-1-1.jpg|thumb|left| Barling Presentation Straight Grain EXEXEL- Courtesy Yuriy Novikov]] | [[File:1008-1-1.jpg|thumb|left| Barling Presentation Straight Grain EXEXEL- Courtesy Yuriy Novikov]] | ||
[[File:1008-2-2.jpg|thumb|left| Barling Presentation Straight Grain EXEXEL- Courtesy Yuriy Novikov]] | |||
In addition, in a category all by themselves, are the '''Quaints'''.<br> | In addition, in a category all by themselves, are the '''Quaints'''.<br> | ||
The Barling family prided themselves on producing flawless pipes with no fills or sand pits. In some cases, pipes with flaws would get a sandblast. Occasionally a pipe with exceptional grain, usually a straight grain, but flawed with a pit, would be hand carved | The Barling family prided themselves on producing flawless pipes with no fills or sand pits. In some cases, pipes with flaws would get a sandblast. Occasionally a pipe with exceptional grain, usually a straight grain, but flawed with a pit, would be hand carved |
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