Amazing PAD - 1939 Parker Super Briar Bark - Unsmoked, New In Box !

misterlowercase · Jul 9, 2014

I love the old Parker pipes.
Surprisingly they don't come up as frequently as one would think, and often the examples that do enter the market are hard smoked

and well worn - a tribute to how these are great smoking pipes.
I was recently extremely lucky to stumble onto this pristine specimen and I got it for a bargain. It's truly incredible to think that it has just been sitting in a box for 75 years!
Date code 16 = 1939
Sadly, the booklet was not in the box.
It's not exactly one of the supercragged gnarly Parkers that I dig so much,

but I ain't complaining!

:D

fadingdaylight · Jul 9, 2014

That is awesome. Are you planning on smoking it?

misterlowercase · Jul 9, 2014

I think I probably will.
I'll wait until it calls to me though!

: puffy

:

voorhees · Jul 9, 2014

At least you have a 6 month warranty for it. :lol:

misterlowercase · Jul 9, 2014

At least you have a 6 month warranty for it!

:lol:

LOL !

That's a beauty! It's screaming "smoke me, smoke me, let me fulfill my masters intent"........... Just saying.

LOL

...right now it's only kind of whispering,

in an elderly voice.

macabra11 · Jul 9, 2014

Oh wow, what a find. If it were me, I would smoke it.

settersbrace · Jul 9, 2014

That's a great find there. I'd fire it right up if it were mine!

bentmike · Jul 9, 2014

Beautiful pipe, Congrats mlc!

numbersix · Jul 9, 2014

Congrats MLC - that is a beauty. What a find!

pruss · Jul 9, 2014

Nice find, Troy!
A beautiful pipe, mit box, and guarantee! You don't do that well very often on the antique pipe trail, so enjoy it while you can bro.
Now crack open a cutter-top and fire that bad boy up!
-- Pat

cmdrmcbragg · Jul 9, 2014

That's a hell of a find.

dmcmtk · Jul 9, 2014

Troy, VERY COOL!!! What a beautiful, classic, old English pipe!

tuold · Jul 9, 2014

That pipe has slept through a lot of history! It's beautiful!

gwtwdbss · Jul 9, 2014

Boy what a pipe. I love the shape of that pristine beauty. Congratulations!

misterlowercase · Jul 9, 2014

Thanks everyone!

You don't do that well very often on the antique pipe trail, so enjoy it while you can bro.
Now crack open a cutter-top and fire that bad boy up!

LOL

I wish I had an old cutter top!

: puffy

:
This is another case where at an earlier time I bought a piece of ephemera and later on the good stuff arrives,

like a talisman of sorts --- this has happened to me on several occasions.
I had bought this little Parker booklet a while back,

and lo & behold that the rest of the gang found their way to me!
I dunno if it's period correct,

but it's pretty close.
If you wanna look thru the whole booklet,

Steve Laug posted it on his blog,

here:

http://rebornpipes.com/2013/10/26/pleasure-from-your-parker-how-to-get-the-most-from-your-parker-pipe/

: puffy

:

andrew · Jul 9, 2014

Very nice Dunhill second. I wasn't aware that parker became it's own brand later rather than dunhill seconds as I own 2 super bruyere's, which are just Parker pipes, not Dunhill seconds like I thought they were until reading the article on them. http://pipedia.org/wiki/Parker
This is what probably made it a second

rangerearthpig · Jul 9, 2014

That was some solid pipe porn! Very nice!!!! 8)

mso489 · Jul 9, 2014

What a find! The pipe is older than most of us. Although I might be tempted to try to

auction it at top dollar and use the proceeds to commission a pipe, I think you are right

to go ahead and smoke it. It's time is long overdue. It does bear a definite resemblance

to my Parker cheerywood in the size, finish, and attitude.

lonestar · Jul 9, 2014

Fantastic pipe Troy.

I like the illustration in the Parker book, the guy getting dizzy from his tobacco. If the bowl of his pipe wasn't the same size as his head, that might not be an issue for him !

misterlowercase · Jul 9, 2014

Andrew - I was thinking the same thing.
Oddly the Pipedia entry has a typo, the term should be "fallings", not "failings".

Anyway, the crucial bit is this description, about how most Parkers didn't go thru all the steps that a Dunhill would have and were usually pulled pretty early on in the process, even before oil curing it seems --- it's still a mystery to me though, exactly how both companies were related or worked together.

Most Dunhill "fallings" would have been graded out after the bowl turning process exposed unacceptable flaws. This was prior to stoving, curing, carving, bit work and finishing. In others words, very few Parkers would be subjected to the same rigorous processes and care as pipes destined to become Dunhills. Only those that somehow made it to the end finishing process before becoming "fallings" enjoy significant Dunhill characteristics, and this likely represents very few Parker pipes.

mso489 - I don't think it really has a substantially high value, perhaps $200 tops and that's optimistic, not enough to prod me to sell it after so much active searching, knowing how rare it is to come by something like this.
Ryan - thanks, I'm stoked!

:D

I like the illustration in the Parker book, the guy getting dizzy from his tobacco. If the bowl of his pipe wasn't the same size as his head, that might not be an issue for him !

LOL!

:lol:

Amazing PAD - 1939 Parker Super Briar Bark - Unsmoked, New In Box !

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