Seven-Dollar Sergei

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By Mr. Blue

I first got put onto this confounding, curmudgeonly old Russian craftsman through a friend. You’d never find him otherwise. Getting to know him turned into a near-surreal experience, but heaven help me, I’ve come to understand him. To quote Jerry Reed, “Let me introduce you to th’ boy.”

The first time I walked into his shop, I knew Dorothy wasn’t in Kansas anymore. The place was a dingy, skinny little storefront in a throwaway stripmall, a place you’d never ask your peripheral...