I have A old swiss pipe solid silver simmular to ebay item number 141941036052 only wood is the bole and theres silver inlay on it to just wondering how old it mite be wish I could ad A picture very decorated two sets of double chains bull horn mouth piece silver is hand etched leafs flowers cow and other things
have A old swiss pipe wondering the age
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Welcome to the Forums, James. Not much to go on with the information you provided.
Any inscriptions on the pipe? How did you acquire it? A picture is absolutely necessary for anybody to have a chance identifying it.
Any inscriptions on the pipe? How did you acquire it? A picture is absolutely necessary for anybody to have a chance identifying it.
no name or hallmarks got it from A antique store it was black from the patina they said they got it from A astate sale
some of pipe blends in thats were some of the paints off of it its all there pictures A little dark
looking at it more careful it looks like there's file marks on both sides of the barrel like some one filed some thing off maybe a mark or maybe initials why would someone do that must have bin done a wile ago it was black when I got it still makes me think they took some of the value away I paid $85. for it cause I liked it hope I did ok
Could it be a BBK Swiss Made pipe? Plug that into Google and see if it matches anything you see. You can also search ebay with that for comparable pipes.
ebay had two cheap looking ones that had the same shape only thing they said was they were swiss google had one also cheap looking all it said was that it was swiss thinking of buying A pipe collecting book off ebey thinking those pipes i'm seeing are old remakes of mine. I was hoping it was BBK was kinda hoping the cow was A trade mark but I don't think it is i'm hoping it's at least 19th century or I mite put it on ebey for 200 and see if it sales.
Those kind of pipes aren't really usable, so you won't find many collectors of that style pipe on a pipe forum.
Brace yourself, I'll be using capital letters now and then.
It looks as though it was hand carved by a clock maker deep in the Black Forest. Finished April, 1, 1985 or 86 in the late evening. Probably a gift for Bismark. Or, was he eating a Bismark? My research wasn't too clear as to that. I do know there was a Bismark involved somewhere. Maybe it was a bear claw?
Anyway, the pipe found it's way to the Nurburgring where Stirling Moss ran over it while reading a newspaper at ten yards (no glasses or contacts), driving a Benz backwards and covering the Ring in under ten seconds. (Take that Sabine!) All this occurred in 1956 if my memory serves me.
This is the best I can do for you. Sorry!
It looks as though it was hand carved by a clock maker deep in the Black Forest. Finished April, 1, 1985 or 86 in the late evening. Probably a gift for Bismark. Or, was he eating a Bismark? My research wasn't too clear as to that. I do know there was a Bismark involved somewhere. Maybe it was a bear claw?
Anyway, the pipe found it's way to the Nurburgring where Stirling Moss ran over it while reading a newspaper at ten yards (no glasses or contacts), driving a Benz backwards and covering the Ring in under ten seconds. (Take that Sabine!) All this occurred in 1956 if my memory serves me.
This is the best I can do for you. Sorry!
If you paid $85 for it and you like it then you did well. If you try to get some satisfaction by selling it for more than you paid, you may be setting yourself up for disappointment. Maybe not. Would you have paid $200.00? For that amount you can buy a pretty good new pipe.
I've got two Swiss Made pipes. I've smoked them a few times but they make better conversation pieces than practical smoking pipes. Visitors are always impressed by them.
I've got two Swiss Made pipes. I've smoked them a few times but they make better conversation pieces than practical smoking pipes. Visitors are always impressed by them.
funny and thank you I thought I was hoping to high thinking I could get 200 it dose look like A pipe someone wouldn't smoke all I can do is hope there are people out there that just collect pipes just to collect them
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