Each manufacturer had their own formula and method. As Edgar and I were discussing a couple of days ago, the result had everything to do with the organic materials used, their ratio in the pack and how coarse it was cut or ground and especially how the crucible was packed and how the gun parts were packed, even how tightly it was packed. Every step of each procedure was crucial in the desired result. Not to mention the temperature the crucible was brought to, the duration of the 'bake' and the method of the quench.
A lot of this I learned from Edgar the other day - he's very knowledgeable... some of it I knew.
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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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