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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

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Old 03-20-2014, 09:03 PM   #1
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Well lets not go too far the other way. A Bob Pond 40 with the early glass eyes for example is not a hunk of wood with hooks- it is something more because of the historical significance.
This is what will give some plugs lasting value. Otherwise they're pretty much all commodity items. Some noteworthy builders will perhaps get a premium...but the rest is all market hype.

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Old 03-20-2014, 09:32 PM   #2
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I own what is reputed to be a Spence plug. Now thats worth something.
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Old 03-20-2014, 09:41 PM   #3
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That is 100% correct!
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Old 03-20-2014, 11:08 PM   #4
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I own what is reputed to be a Spence plug. Now thats worth something.
Very few are in existence. If people knew the lengths I went through to produce those they'd be astonished.

Is it one of the little needles?
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i think my spence is a metal lip - i will check
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Old 03-21-2014, 07:52 AM   #6
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Does it only swim left?
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Does it only swim left?
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