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The
Best of Talbert Briar in 1999
1999
was the turning point for Talbert Pipes. I had orders stacked up and
was working every evening and weekend, with no hope of ever getting
caught up with the incoming jobs. I was getting cranky and stressed,
and wanted some semblance of a life back. It was obvious that something
had to go, and (after taking several very deep breaths) I decided to
quit my regular job and become a full-time pipemaker. I got a small
business loan and bought my sandblasting system, another lathe, and a
small pile of tools - the first real tools I'd had up to that point in
my pipemaking career. I still did not have anything that could be
called sophisticated (except the sandblaster), but it was a start.
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Talbert Briar 
