That Top

Rick Krantz and I really hadn’t met before the Philadelphia show this year, although we knew of each other from online. He’s a self-declared "poor man in a rich man’s hobby," and with Chilton as his favorite brand, it’s easy to see how anyone’s wallet could be drained quickly. By the end of the weekend, after sharing dinner with him, his wife and kids both nights and solving the world’s problems (and creating a few) over scotch and cigars, by the end of the weekend it was like we’d been friends for years.

But when this odd bird caught my eye on Rick’s table at the Philadelphia Show, it was the first time Rick and I had met in person:

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