In the fall of 2004, Emily and Adam Sweet went to China, to Anping, the Horse Hair Capital of the World. We spent some time at a horse hair sorting workshop. We took pictures, asked questions and ordered some hair. Since then, we have been back twice. The first time we returned to talk about the specific problems with the hair in the first order, and to show the factory manager and his staff that we were very serious about quality of hair. Adam spent a good amount of time with the workers, showing them how the hair should be sorted. The most recent visit was in January. At that time, we were invited by the Mayor of the city of Anping to a celebration dinner. We also ordered some more hair.
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