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Model numbers are 4-digits with the first number indicating the size. Size numbers range from 1-6. Occasionally one sees a “7” size number, but it doesn’t appear in the catalog. Specials continue to be produced. | Model numbers are 4-digits with the first number indicating the size. Size numbers range from 1-6. Occasionally one sees a “7” size number, but it doesn’t appear in the catalog. Specials continue to be produced. | ||
The Transition version of the Guinea Grain is easily distinguished from the Pre-Transition pipe by the change to the logo. A Pre-Transition Guinea Grain has a script “'''''Barling’s'''''” logo. A Transition (and later) Guinea Grain has a script “'''''Barling'''''” logo. No apostrophe and no “s”.<br> | The Transition version of the Guinea Grain is easily distinguished from the Pre-Transition pipe by the change to the logo. A Pre-Transition Guinea Grain has a script “'''''Barling’s'''''” logo. A Transition (and later) Guinea Grain has a script “'''''Barling'''''” logo. No apostrophe and no “s”. Transition Guinea Grain pipes, while often showing better than average grain, seemed to have abandoned the practice of applying the grading to straighter grain and flame grain pipes. <br> | ||
[[Image:PostTransGuinea.jpg|thumb|400px|center|A "Barling Guinea Grain" (transition) pipe. Note the rather unremarkable grain - Courtesy of Mike Ahmadi]] | |||
The Barling Company also introduced its first lines of “seconds”, something that would not have happened under the family regime.<br> | The Barling Company also introduced its first lines of “seconds”, something that would not have happened under the family regime.<br> | ||
These lines of 2nd’s include:<br> | These lines of 2nd’s include:<br> | ||