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Could you Identify Manufacturer?
At a guess Vienna manufacture from the final decades of the 19th century, intended to be sold in the British Empire or America. As xrundog rightly says anything legible on the cap would help.- jguss
- Post #8
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Easter! What are you doing?
My wife was raised Catholic and I was raised Presbyterian. We compromised by giving our kids little in the way of religious education. Sloth is the deciding factor in human affairs. It caught up with me when I belatedly realized that a huge amount of the context through which Western culture...- jguss
- Post #13
- Forum: General Discussion
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Things People Don't Post About
I bury my pets in other people’s yards when they’re sleeping. When they wake up they tend to be very upset. The mammals often find their way back, the birds not so much. Fun with pronouns.- jguss
- Post #16
- Forum: General Discussion
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Question for Sandblast Lovers
No, they patented a multistep process, not sandblasting pipes per se. That’s why many companies in the UK & US were able to make and sell sandblasted pipes from the early twenties on without being sued by the notoriously litigious Alfred Dunhill. The Dunhill patent is not a “basic patent”... -
Question for Sandblast Lovers
As with most things the beauty of a given sandblast is very much in the eye of the beholder. I personally like the gnarly primitive sandblasts found on Dunhill Shells from the twenties. As an example here’s a 1924 pot (R21) restored for me by George Dibos: I think it's lovely. Others... -
LC Shape by Tristan
I’m not sure I have anything authoritative on sandblasting per se but logic strongly suggests, to me at least, that it was done in the UK. More broadly everything but the turning of the stummel is known to have been done in England, at least for all the major manufacturers. -
LC Shape by Tristan
Absolutely true. The briar industry as we know it originated in France, and several of the important players in England started there as well. This effort was tried repeatedly at Dunhill and all the other English pipe factories and without exception failed. This was the dirty little secret... -
What Is The Origin Of The James Upshall Name?
Partly memory, mostly notes. There’s too much to keep in ltm, although it’s surprising the odds & ends that do stick. But primarily like so many things nowadays it’s more about remembering where you put the information than remembering the information itself. As for this particular example...- jguss
- Post #5
- Forum: Tobacciana History
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LC Shape by Tristan
The Genod attribution could well be true, what's definitely known is that throughout the 1920s and beyond Dunhill turned virtually none of the millions of bowls they made into pipes and sold. If you take the mid to late twenties as the first and greatest authentic golden age of Dunhill pipes... -
What Is The Origin Of The James Upshall Name?
Family name, specifically it was Ken's paternal grandmother's maiden name. Ken's father was Kenneth James Upshall Barnes (1919-1981), and his father's mother was Annie Kate Upshall (1874-1949). I'll add (for no particular reason other than it appeals to me) that Annie's father's name was...- jguss
- Post #3
- Forum: Tobacciana History
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Can Anyone Estimate The Approximate Dates Of These 2 Unopened Tins?
Your Mac Baren tin is from between 1967-1970 inclusive, the years Fireside Tobacco was located at 125 w 24th. Before that time Fireside Tobacco Corp was at 25 w 36th Street (the latest of several earlier Manhattan addresses), and from September 1970 on they were renamed Fireside Industries Inc...- jguss
- Post #9
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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8 Charatan Factory Pipes Restored
That’s ok, by and large so was Charatan.- jguss
- Post #4
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Aged 5100, this Stuff is Delicious!
Possible to grow, sure, but actually grown is another thing. There is a significant difference between what can be done in theory and what is economically feasible. Mike has been very clear that getting acceptable leaf, even for him (and he had contacts and relationships dating back decades...- jguss
- Post #13
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Aged 5100, this Stuff is Delicious!
Great stuff indeed. While we’re pining for the past, I miss 2015.- jguss
- Post #12
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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R.I.P. Val Kilmer
I'm not so sure that all days aren't equally terrible to die, but clearly some people disagree:- jguss
- Post #21
- Forum: General Discussion
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R.I.P. Val Kilmer
An American original; he will be greatly missed. RIP.- jguss
- Post #9
- Forum: General Discussion
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Battle of the Briar Documentary Review
When they pay me I might sign up. If it’s a lot of money. And if it’s a slow day.- jguss
- Post #12
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Alphabet Soup and Britwood
For some of us that ship sailed a long time ago.- jguss
- Post #20
- Forum: British Pipes
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Alphabet Soup and Britwood
In the case of Comoy the C after the shape number generally denotes a variant with a slight bend (1/8) to the stem. If you look carefully through the 1951 catalog you will see numerous examples of a given shape available with either a straight or slightly bent vulcanite stem.- jguss
- Post #15
- Forum: British Pipes