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-Surprise surprise- I received telephone calls from folks and went to visit them in their homes (it still never ceases to amaze me that so many folks would let a complete stranger have access to their home). Found some superb briar pipes too, amid others not quite so nice. At the end of a few weeks I had a nice little collection of some very good names, but I also found that I was visiting too many folks that had nothing but Medico’s and the like to show me. So I modified my ad to include Dunhill, Charatan, and Barling as the only pipes in which I had interest. This did manage to cut down on the number of visits I made, and the collection continued to build.
+Surprise – surprise, je reçus des réponses par téléphone et j'allais voir les gens chez eux (ça n'a jamais manqué de m'étonner la façon dont tant de gens ouvrent leur maison à un parfait inconnu). Je trouvais également quelques superbes bruyères, parmi d'autres bien moins belles. En quelques semaines j'avais amassé une jolie collection de quelques très grands noms, mais je me rendais également compte que j'étais allé voir trop de gens qui n'avaient rien d'autres que des Medico ou autres à me montrer. Aussi je modifiais mon annonce pour préciser que seules les Dunhill, Charatan et Barling m'intéressaient. Cela fit chuter le nombre de visites que j'avais à faire, et ma collection continua de s'agrandir.
 Now, what did I do with this collection? I studied the pipes therein, trying to learn as much as I could about every aspect- from the basics of condition to the quality of materials used (sheet or rod vulcanite as opposed to injection- molded mouthpieces for example) to such abstracts as to why various grain patterns or sandblast patterns emerged. I also bought a buffing machine, not having the patience to hand-restore a vulcanite mouthpiece.