I prefer the (over)abundance to the situation in the '50s before 444 Peach made the scene. There were different, now defunct, makers like Sunset Line and Gladding, but overlooking silk, there were just coated nylons and SciAng 2 series and the predecessor to the 333. Even the Orvis and HL Leonard lines were repackaged lines, with no mods at all.

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