Actually, according to pg. 308 of TPS in the Grades section, seems to indicate the full coverage checkering pattern was in fact a standard pattern. But the B grade could be ordered with any feature (within reason and good taste) that a customer wanted, and if fully checkered forend was available it seems to have been ordered at least as often as the C-grade style of checkering.
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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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