Added A Parker In A Fit Of PAD

twangthang · Jul 13, 2014

I have been looking to add another Parker to my collection and when I found this on Viking Pipe Club's site I couldn't pass it up.

It is a Parker 140 Super Bark.

They have it listed as a vintage pipe and from what I am able to figure it is post 1952. It seems to be in pretty damned nice shape and I really dig the shape and blast.

Anyone know how to date a Parker?

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mso489 · Jul 13, 2014

What a nifty compact little number that is. I have a Parker poker/cheerywood sitter that I like a lot,

my only Parker, but this one is distinctive. I don't think you can go out and find one like this easily.

Good catch. Even my poker would take some prospecting, I believe. They're solid little smokers.

misterlowercase · Jul 13, 2014

A supersweet Parker you got there,

I love 'em, and yours is sporting a goodly deep blast!
According to pipephil, they stopped putting pat.#'s on them in 1957.
I'd say your pipe is most likely from the late 50's or early to mid 60's, by the late 60's with the Hardcastle merger and on into the 70's,

quality plummeted --- and yours looks like one of the nice older pipes.
At some point they also removed the circled grp.#, I'm not sure at what time that happened.
You can still find brand new Parkers with the super-diamond stamp, but they lack shape or grp. #'s.

https://novelli.it/eng/pipes/testdiv4.asp?produttore=%20Parker&modello=Super%20Bruyere&cod=plpb29&id=4192&opdb=1
Anyway, yours looks cherry mint fresh!
Good score!

Happy puffing!

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papipeguy · Jul 13, 2014

Great pick-up. I like the shape and it appears to be in excellent shape. Have fun with it.

tbradsim1 · Jul 13, 2014

Very nice pipe, I have a small patent number Billard and it is fine smoker, like the shape of yours better.

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