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Absolutely tremndous and wonderful old Barlings!
My new Grail search = a Freak Fossil!
Thanks for sharing,
cased sets always stimulate my gogo juices!
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My new Grail search = a Freak Fossil!
Thanks for sharing,
cased sets always stimulate my gogo juices!
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I'm very curious about the "freak" stamp. I've not seen or hear of it before, nor seen any listing for it in any of the Barling line listings in Tobacco World or Tobacco - the English tobacco trade journals. Would love to know the date stamp and see a wider view of this very interesting pipe. Usually a tobacconist's stamp includes the city wherein it is located. But somehow I doubt that anyone would have named their business "FREAK" prior to the swinging '60's. It is possible that the shop added the stamp, I have seen a few examples of that, but it's certainly just an odd stamp.
The companion set is very nice. Condition looks excellent. I'm still on the hunt for one more for my collection.
The companion set is very nice. Condition looks excellent. I'm still on the hunt for one more for my collection.
There was a Rawling & Freak in Australia, but otherwise I've found absolutely zilch.
Perhaps the Q indicates something?
Like a name or slang for a certain location or area in England or somewhere?
Sounds plausible,
"...there are a lot of shops in the Q, you can find anything."
Or something.
I dunno.
FREAK
Q
I think the stamp is very very cool.Q
Leave it to MLC to find this bit of arcane information. Well done sir. Maybe the Q stands for Queensland?
Beautiful grain on those pipes. Congrats on the find! Very inspiring too. I'll have to snoop around in some local antique shops and see what I can find.
Good possibility, it's commonly abbreviated as QLD, the 150th anni was known as Q150, so it's not unheard of.
Although, that shop in the pic is from down south in Adelaide, but it does suggest that the surname Freak may have been in use, perhaps another member of the Freak family had a shop up on the Gold Coast?
:?:This is very very very interesting indeed.
Perhaps FREAK was a designation similar to SPECIMEN?
Q for quality?
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Well, so much for that thought. Jon's point is very interesting. I'd like to see this pipe as well.
Here's another question. Has anyone seen, or does anyone have, a Barling Nibblick? It's listed in their product line during the 1930's and neither I, nor anyone I've spoken with, has ever actually seen one.
...all I could find, from the old Pipes Digest:
Interesting that it was blasted.
Lotsa hits about obsolete golf clubs,
perhaps it looked like one, as the PD collector said his was long-stemmed???
Bumping this old thread, as I happened upon it while trying to find some info on the following pipe:
Anyhoo, not much info on these, this is for you Sable. Can you provide any info from the 1930's catalog?
Its a medium billiard, 36 grams, 5-5/8" long, and 3/4" bore. Shape # is 71A. I forgot to photograph the "crossed barlings" on the top of stem, so I think the stem is proper for the pipe.
I just received this in the mail today, haven't cleaned it up one bit. It came in a batch of 18 pipes, listed on ebay as a "Job Lot", from Torquay, Devon, England. There's a bunch of nice old pipes in the mix, but that will be for another thread....... :D
Anyhoo, not much info on these, this is for you Sable. Can you provide any info from the 1930's catalog?
Its a medium billiard, 36 grams, 5-5/8" long, and 3/4" bore. Shape # is 71A. I forgot to photograph the "crossed barlings" on the top of stem, so I think the stem is proper for the pipe.
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