The fact that dog’s head butt plates were introduced around 1879 doesn’t mean the steel butt plates were entirely discontinued then.
Parker Bros. Was a very frugal manufacturing company and if they still had stock of the steel ones they would use them up on the lowest grades.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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