Bending the stems of bent pipes into an arched "swan neck" shape was once very much the fashion in the PipeWorld in the same way its opposite---near-periscope verticality---is popular today.
The 1920's was prime time for it, and this 1924 specimen is a good example.
Obviously, wood grain (other than density) counted for little back then, while precise shaping counted for much. The overall "streamlined sweep" of a mid-1920's CK or 120 is quite something.
This pipe has special meaning because it was once in Barry Levin's personal collection, and was given to me by his widow after he died with the words, "Please... I know he'd want you to have it."
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The 1920's was prime time for it, and this 1924 specimen is a good example.
Obviously, wood grain (other than density) counted for little back then, while precise shaping counted for much. The overall "streamlined sweep" of a mid-1920's CK or 120 is quite something.
This pipe has special meaning because it was once in Barry Levin's personal collection, and was given to me by his widow after he died with the words, "Please... I know he'd want you to have it."
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