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Sharing My Excitement!
Hi Cosmic. No, I was not referring to leaving the bark/plateau top on the pipes that I make. I normally cut this off in order to make sure that there are no imperfections or flaws running down from the top. Having said that, I do have a couple of collectors who would like the plateau top to be...- kenbarnes
- Post #24
- Forum: British Pipes
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Sharing My Excitement!
Thank you all for your inspiring feedback. It was on this forum 2 years ago when tarheel1 posted a topic 'James Upshall- a discussion' and when I replied to it I felt very welcome and the excitement started from there. Yes, what I could do is to take these 8 pieces through the processes and...- kenbarnes
- Post #17
- Forum: British Pipes
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Sharing My Excitement!
Here are a couple of photos showing the first eight blocks that I have cut on my old bench saw and prepared ready for turning yesterday. The grain on these blocks will become tighter after they are turned. When I cut plateau blocks, I do not to cut the block on the grain, I cut it just off the...- kenbarnes
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- Forum: British Pipes
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1963 Dunhill Tanshell (shape 120)
The curve on this mouthpiece is beautiful. The guy who bent this mouthpiece certainly knew what he was doing.- kenbarnes
- Post #4
- Forum: British Pipes
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Old Dunhill mouthpiece (orific)
Yes, I was surprised to learn that Barling Pipes continued with their orific mouthpieces into the 1920s - or did I dream that? I am wondering if Charatan, who supplied Dunhill with pipes prior to 'Alfred making his own', made single draft hole bits? I have not seen any really early Charatans...- kenbarnes
- Post #8
- Forum: British Pipes
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Old Dunhill mouthpiece (orific)
Thank you georged for this very logical explanation. I must say that I was confused when I first saw this one. I think that 'Special Orders' can be a real delight for some serious pipe-smokers and could be considered quite rare these days - a thing of the past!- kenbarnes
- Post #5
- Forum: British Pipes
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Old Dunhill mouthpiece (orific)
I thought you would spot it from the first two photos!- kenbarnes
- Post #3
- Forum: British Pipes
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Old Dunhill mouthpiece (orific)
I have come across an old Dunhill mouthpiece with a single draft hole right through (orific?). Has anyone seen one before - can it be dated? If they are not unusual, it will save me taking photos of this one!- kenbarnes
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- Forum: British Pipes
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Upshall Sizing Query.
....the Bulldog and Rhodesian shapes always seemed to be placed in a larger size because they were cut from larger blocks on machine-turned catalogue shapes due to their width (size of block was R 2 3/4) if my memory serves me well - which cost more - as there were less blocks in a bag for this...- kenbarnes
- Post #3
- Forum: British Pipes
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Upshall Sizing Query.
Hi Jay. Charatan and Dunhill always had their machine-turned catalogue shapes in sizes and the larger the pipe the higher the price. When Barry and I started James Upshall (The Tilshead Pipe Co. Ltd), in 1978, Barry still wanted to put James Upshall pipes into sizes and price them accordingly...- kenbarnes
- Post #2
- Forum: British Pipes
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Upshall Without Stamping
Beautiful grain! I know that many people consider very fine grain/Angel hair grain the best but my most favourite grain is this type. It strongly reminds me of the early 1970s Charatan Supreme grain. Gorgeous!- kenbarnes
- Post #14
- Forum: British Pipes
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Upshall Without Stamping
What a beautiful P grade and from 1984-1989. I would love to see the whole pipe. Yes Jensen, the reverse stamps have been missed - human error and very rare might I add. This is the first Upshall I have ever seen with no 'Tilshead England' 'Made by Hand' stamps.- kenbarnes
- Post #10
- Forum: British Pipes
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Deciphering James Upshall/Tilshead Shank Markings
Hi sumusfumus, as ssjones said the DS is for Desmond Sautter, Mount Street, Mayfair. Desmond was a shop that really sold James Upshall in a big way and one day he asked me whether we could put his initials on the James Upshalls that he sold. I said that I will check with Barry, my partner at the...- kenbarnes
- Post #3
- Forum: British Pipes
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James Upshall Pipes - A Discussion
Nice grained 'P' grade. I think this is quite an early piece made in the 1990s. The FH for 'freehand' was something that Barry started after 1989.- kenbarnes
- Post #244
- Forum: British Pipes
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James Upshall Pipes - A Discussion
I had problems when I started to try it. I did not realise that I had to delete the https... in the box before I paste the photo link. If it is not that, perhaps you could send a private message to ssjones (the post above yours).- kenbarnes
- Post #242
- Forum: British Pipes
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A question for Peterson specialists
It has the 3rd category P and no P logos on the mouthpieces (although I think they are the originals). Interesting to note that the Petersons name in the lid of the case has no apostrophe. I have started to clean up the case but not the pipes yet. This 'kidney' shaped case definitely looks pre...- kenbarnes
- Post #8
- Forum: British Pipes
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A question for Peterson specialists
I am trying to date a Peterson pipe twin set. The pair (both oval shanks with Peterson lip) are stamped Peterson's (with an apostrophe and a 'floral' P) London & Dublin Special(which is in a circle), and on the underside are stamped London Made England One pipe is a Canadian shape...- kenbarnes
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Is This a Charatan Reject?
Yes, it was turned in the Charatan factory and is a Charatan 'second'/reject. Charatan never stamped their name on rejects or seconds. From the mid 1960s their seconds, pipes with small flaws, were stamped Ben Wade and thirds were stamped with many different brand names like Mountbatten...- kenbarnes
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- Forum: British Pipes
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Is This a Charatan Reject?
Joan Nicholson, the sander at Charatan, who worked with Barry 1959-1978 and taught me sand-papering in 1976 (working next to her for six months) created this shape and showed it to my father and Dennis Marshall. They both liked it and asked her to give it a name. She told me that what she meant...- kenbarnes
- Post #16
- Forum: British Pipes
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Do You Think Charatan Made This One?
I spoke with Barry just now and he told me: In the 1950s at the factory in Vine Street, Charatans would machine-turn one gross of one shape per week, say the largest billiard group 4, this would be turned with a small tobacco hole (group 1). These bowls would be inspected and the ones with...- kenbarnes
- Post #14
- Forum: British Pipes