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Just taking my cue from some of the world's best guns - they seem to capture the right amount of everything.
Never have seen a Boss & Co. gun scream...look at me!
...and thats just the way the chaps wanted it.
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A good benediction, LG. Even love must be kept in check lest it produce monsters.
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Its about balance, dear ol' Rabbit!
Whats the good of a glorious butt - if the rest of the body doesn't follow suit.
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Just my little 'pinion, but it seems to me that the level of decoration and wood extravagance, for the most part, finds its proper level commesurate with the personality and riches the purchaser has.
I would be very disappointed if Hef showed up at a shoot with a plain grained, bare framed, Purdey. Nymphs are what I expect of him.
If "W" showed up, I'd expect something like American Black Walnut feather on a M21 Grand American.
A working class guy of modest personality would fit with a Sterlingworth.
It all takes care of itself. Culture sets taste, personality drives desire, and economics sets the limits. No reason for any handwringing.
Last edited by Chuck H; 05/06/07 11:06 AM.
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No handwringing here ol'chap!
...and no red carpet needed for the subtle and understated.
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I'm sure several of those who have read this thread will disagree with Lowell on his assessment of a Boss screaming "Look at me". Lowell, you haven't seen nearly enough Bosses. Although the engraving on most Bosses is very understated, the wood sometimes screams "Look at me." This is not to be criticized. It's not like great Juglans Regia with broad black streaks is the same as inlaid vageegees. It's different. Wood should be as nice as it can be like on Doug Mann's Daly, the ex-Eightbore Daly. Wood doesn't get much better than that, but it's not over the top by any estimate.
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Your "sometimes, and although" does make my point 8b.
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What we'll do is what we've done as John Barth says. I'm sort of your Main St. type on the cheap so I think I'll just go off and buy a really long-barreled, slab-sided, over fleur de lisled Fluesie trapgun for the price of a derelict SW or Pahka VH. Yeh, I think I'll do that right now. Chacun a son crapola.
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If it aint' Baroque, don't nix it.
jack Rimshot...cymbal splash.
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 Yeh that looks about right. jack
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