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  1. kenbarnes

    How do I 'copy & paste' my profile photo?

    Thanks sablebrush52, however when i go through what you suggest and upload, it does not change i.e. my picture does not appear on my profile.My photo is recorded on my avatar profile but does not appear.I have even tried uploading a new different photo and going through the same process. I love...
  2. kenbarnes

    How do I 'copy & paste' my profile photo?

    I have my photo Avatar? for my profile but cannot work out how to copy and paste it as my profile picture. I just hate seeing my name next to a blank person's outline.
  3. kenbarnes

    Charatan Collection

    Brillaint stuff Bob. I am so pleased that Dennis was able to see them and express his views. The Stan Haney turnings were so stylised- he was a brilliant freehand turner. It would be great if you would take a few individual closeup shots of the ones that 'jump out at you', like the Supreme for...
  4. kenbarnes

    Dunhill Bamboo Bruyere

    Thanks very much huntertrw. This is most interesting as I want to learn much more about the types of new lines that Dunhill produced in the last century. I do have one or two ex-factory Dunhill 'proto types' from the Dunhill-Charatan takeover period of 1977-1978 which I find fascinating. 'How...
  5. kenbarnes

    Thanks To Saddlebrush I am Now A Barling Collector

    " I could tell the differnce in comparison to my Upshall and Willmer right away, theirs is softer". If I had a real favorite Upshall or Charatan, I would now ask Catherine at Dunhill pipes Ltd London to replace the mouthpiece with a handcut (price of £45/$65), or really 'lash out'...
  6. kenbarnes

    An Odd Dunhill LBS

    I agree with georged. When the fitter notices a small flaw when forming the countersink he would try and 'squeeze it back a bit' especially if the pipe has nice grain and shape (like this one). I also agree that this was stamped in 1962 and sold from the Dunhill factory in 1963. I love this...
  7. kenbarnes

    A Fun Briar 5 1/2 inch 'Cutty' Pipe

    I am not sure if this is all old stuff, which most people know about, but I use the pipe silvermounters and pipe-makers identification http://www.silvercollection.it/DICTIONARYTOBACCONISTH.html this gives me some really great info on identifying British pipes which are mounted. It also gives...
  8. kenbarnes

    Dunhill Bamboo Bruyere

    Thanks fishingandpipes, that's could well be true. I know that Alfred Dunhill gave his wood supplier (Otto Braun) a £25,000 advance in 1945 in order to start up the saw mills again because he had, literally, no briar at all. I also saw a world war 11 Peterson clay pipe on ebay the other day...
  9. kenbarnes

    A Sasieni Stumper.... (Or,..... One For The Saseeni Weenies!!)

    I am learning new things on a daily basis. I did not know that Sasieni 'carved' the surface of some of his pipes rather than sandblast them especially all those years ago.
  10. kenbarnes

    Dunhill Bamboo Bruyere

    Ah, thankyou huntertrw and to you too, pitchfork. I just could not find anything on any dating/shape etc sites. Great stuff- such a pool of knowledge on this forum
  11. kenbarnes

    Dunhill Bamboo Bruyere

    Does anyone know when the first Dunhill Bamboo pipes were made. I have just unpacked another lot of pipes from yesteryear and have an unsmoked 41312 Bruyere with a bamboo section dated 1979. I have a few of these Dunhills (from the factory) and I am wondering if this was a prototype which came...
  12. kenbarnes

    Charatan Collection

    It seems that some of these pipes are already stamped and I am imagining that some need finishing and then selected into their respective grades. I am glad that Dennis is inspecting them as he supervised all the grade- selecting during this epoch. I have just remembered the name of the other...
  13. kenbarnes

    Made a Freestyle Pipe

    What a great achievement. Are you a pipemaker? the piece of PLS (small plateau) that you used seems to have a lovely full grain and it looks clean (free of flaws). I also like the bend you have put on the mouthpiece. This is all really difficult to achieve for someone who is not a pipemaker...
  14. kenbarnes

    Charatan Selected Prince 502

    I am sending you the qualities- explanations from Reuben Charatan from 1951 catalogue. I am also enclosing a photo of Reuben Charatan himself holding a briar burl! He mentions in another part of the catalogue that he was producing "orthodox models in straight grain" although these were rare at...
  15. kenbarnes

    Charatan Selected Prince 502

    what a palaver on the Costa Brava. i'll try again http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/14299/dsc00592-600x450.jpg[/img] It does not seem to work today!
  16. kenbarnes

    Charatan Selected Prince 502

    Sorry, I am struggling to place the picture here. Edit/Al: you were using the "URL" function - instead use the "IMG" and paste in the URL code
  17. kenbarnes

    Charatan Selected Prince 502

    Hi, I came across your question just now and have taken a photo of the 501 (one size smaller than the 502) from a 1951 Charatan Catalogue. I am imagining that the pipe has a nice straight grain. If you look at the stamping in the photo, and match it to your own, it is the stamping they used in...
  18. kenbarnes

    A Merry 'Cutty' Christmas Folks!

    Here is the Hartmann Cutty pipe. Can anyone date this? it is in near mint condition.
  19. kenbarnes

    A Merry 'Cutty' Christmas Folks!

    Can anyone give me information of when Ludwig Hartmann's factory closed? I have a most beautiful cutty in mint condition and want to try and date it roughly?
  20. kenbarnes

    Charatan Collection

    I did know Alice. She was one of the old experienced finishers at Charatan in the early 70s. I now recall her standing in front of her bench staining/ and igniting the stain at the bunsen burner bench.I think she specialised in 'background stains' at that time. Barry Jones would probably shed...
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