I do think, as I've already noted, that the comb style is dependent on the timeframe (and, obviously, the folks that worked during it).
It would still be nice for those that have letters to contribute to respond. We may be able to find consistencies/trends during certain time periods, just like we do with engraving.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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