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<blockquote data-quote="Harlock999" data-source="post: 312295" data-attributes="member: 1363"><p>Exempting the occasional true anomaly, like a KKKKK grade, Castello's batch grading practice would seem to throw a huge wrench into the notion of any kind of grading <em>system</em>. </p><p>And I'm ok with that. Gives the brand character. </p><p>Beyond describing the pipe in only the most generalized sense, the various numbers and letters stamped on Dunhills and Castello's seem more like quaint reminders of an antiquated system that pre-dates the modern practice of buying items sight unseen over the Internet while at the time obsessing over minute details. A contradictory process at the very least.</p><p>I'm guessing that the various Groups and K's worked fine when purchasing a pipe the old fashioned way; in a shop, serviced by knowledgable staff, with the actual item in hand.</p><p>Ditching grading "systems" and photographing all pipes on a sterile grid of 1"x1" squares would work too, but would be kind of boring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harlock999, post: 312295, member: 1363"] Exempting the occasional true anomaly, like a KKKKK grade, Castello's batch grading practice would seem to throw a huge wrench into the notion of any kind of grading [i]system[/i]. And I'm ok with that. Gives the brand character. Beyond describing the pipe in only the most generalized sense, the various numbers and letters stamped on Dunhills and Castello's seem more like quaint reminders of an antiquated system that pre-dates the modern practice of buying items sight unseen over the Internet while at the time obsessing over minute details. A contradictory process at the very least. I'm guessing that the various Groups and K's worked fine when purchasing a pipe the old fashioned way; in a shop, serviced by knowledgable staff, with the actual item in hand. Ditching grading "systems" and photographing all pipes on a sterile grid of 1"x1" squares would work too, but would be kind of boring. [/QUOTE]
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