I think often times when we see a Parker for sale that has been ‘restored’ or ‘refinished’ or whatever term might be used to describe that it isn’t in its original use-worn condition we wonder “why?”.... what flaw or defect is the recent work attempting to disguise or eliminate and if I buy this gun, what am I getting myself into? We don’t have proof houses and the law that insists a gun be re-proofed when such work is done to it. Therein, I think, lies the crux - the big difference between the way the Brits do it and the way we Americans do it.
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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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