Parker Question

[B. Dudley]

As a general rule, the rib matting should terminate to some degree before the end of the rib. And on grades higher than trojan, should have a hand engraved line perpendicular to the tib matting at that termination point. Trojans will simply terminate. Sometimes so close to the edge that it is hard to see the actual termination unless closely looked at. Yes, there are some rare exceptions, but that does not change the fact that any barrel that does not have terminated matting should be suspect.