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<center>'''Rusticating & Sandblasting'''</center> | <center>'''Rusticating & Sandblasting'''</center> | ||
Robert Nichols, a fan of Les’s work, related that it is necessary to keep in mind that most of the production has been rusticated and the terminology gets confusing because those blasts are also called “bark” when they show up on pipes2smoke. According to Maxim, pipes2smoke is the only retailer of Ferndown blasts. On the pipes2smoke webpage (Maxim’s) description reads: | Robert Nichols, a fan of Les’s work, related that it is necessary to keep in mind that most of the production has been rusticated and the terminology gets confusing because those blasts are also called “bark” when they show up on pipes2smoke. According to Maxim, pipes2smoke is the only retailer of Ferndown blasts. On the pipes2smoke webpage (Maxim’s) description reads: | ||
‘About 90% of them are made in rusticated "Bark" finish and the balance is a smooth "Reo" or "Root" & Premier sandblast.’ Note that in Maxim’s description “Premier sandblast” is distinct from “Bark”. | ‘About 90% of them are made in rusticated "Bark" finish and the balance is a smooth "Reo" or "Root" & Premier sandblast.’ <span style="font-size:small">'''Note:''' that in Maxim’s description “Premier sandblast” is distinct from “Bark”.</span> | ||
<blockquote><q>So, I take it “bark” is LW’s word for “rusticated.” According to Maxim, 90% of LW’s pipes are rusticated, not sandblasted.</q> Nichols, R. February 2020</blockquote> | <blockquote><q>So, I take it “bark” is LW’s word for “rusticated.” According to Maxim, 90% of LW’s pipes are rusticated, not sandblasted.</q> Nichols, R. February 2020</blockquote> | ||