My Augsberger

[dontbeaburleyman]

Wanted to share a Frank Augsberger pipe I purchased at an estate sale. It was used and missing a stem, but it "spoke" to me.

There isn't a lot of information on Mr. Augsberger nor a lot of pictures of his work. Unfortunately, he died in 1995. I wanted to have a stem made, but didn't have a lot to go on.

While reading several biographies that mentioned his name, I found he worked for Jack Weinberger at the same time as Mark Tinsky. Since I wanted to use someone that actually knew Mr. Augsberger, I contacted Mr. Tinsky and asked if he' make a stem. He graciously agreed!

I'm very pleased with how it turned out and wanted to share the finished product with you.

 

[SpookedPiper]

Nice pipe...She spoke to you alright! Glad you were able to make her whole again!

How does she smoke for you?

 

[voorhees]

Fine looking pipe there sir. Smoke it and enjoy. Great story.

 

[scloyd]

Cool story...nice pipe. Do you know what the original stem looked like? Was it similar to what you had made?

 

[dontbeaburleyman]

Haven't smoked it yet! I guess I just want to look at it for a bit. It will be smoked though.

Have no idea what the original stem looked like. That's why I looked up Mr. Tinsky. Figured it would give the pipe a bit of continuity.

 

[hauntedmyst]

This is only the second Augsberger I've ever seen. We had one in the shop I worked at for years. I worked there 15 years -/+ and it was always there until my best friend bought it. His has a standard Preben Holm style black stem. Very cool pipe!

 

[rmpeeps]

Wanted to share a Frank Augsberger pipe I purchased at an estate sale. It was used and missing a stem, but it "spoke" to me.

There isn't a lot of information on Mr. Augsberger nor a lot of pictures of his work. Unfortunately, he died in 1995. I wanted to have a stem made, but didn't have a lot to go on.

While reading several biographies that mentioned his name, I found he worked for Jack Weinberger at the same time as Mark Tinsky. Since I wanted to use someone that actually knew Mr. Augsberger, I contacted Mr. Tinsky and asked if he' make a stem. He graciously agreed!

I'm very pleased with how it turned out and wanted to share the finished product with you.

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Classy pipe! And I think Mark hit a homer in on the stem, it’s perfect.
Cheers!!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Great looking pipe, and good stem choice. Not terribly flashy and doesn't derail the total composition.?