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<blockquote data-quote="Rad Davis" data-source="post: 41990" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>I think I know what you're saying Dock. Do you think it gives the appearance of the maker just picking a grade out of the air at the last minute?</p><p></p><p>The truth is, there is no "formal" grading ever done that I know of. The maker looks at his pipe and grades it. That's pretty much it. Makers know their work well enough that they can grade pipes pretty quickly.</p><p></p><p>At my second Chicago show, I saw a very well known Danish carver across the aisle from me on Saturday morning taking each of his pipes out of a case, looking at it for a few seconds, and putting a price on it. Not grading, but pretty much the same thing.</p><p></p><p>Once there's a system in place, it really takes almost no time at all.</p><p></p><p>Rad</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rad Davis, post: 41990, member: 34"] I think I know what you're saying Dock. Do you think it gives the appearance of the maker just picking a grade out of the air at the last minute? The truth is, there is no "formal" grading ever done that I know of. The maker looks at his pipe and grades it. That's pretty much it. Makers know their work well enough that they can grade pipes pretty quickly. At my second Chicago show, I saw a very well known Danish carver across the aisle from me on Saturday morning taking each of his pipes out of a case, looking at it for a few seconds, and putting a price on it. Not grading, but pretty much the same thing. Once there's a system in place, it really takes almost no time at all. Rad [/QUOTE]
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