1920s Loewe "Elton" with Sterling Band--The Puzzles Posed by a Not So Benign Century of Use

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Ahi Ka

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Feb 25, 2020
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Great question, and I don't know the answer! As you say, just because shapes had names and numbers in earlier catalogs doesn't necessarily mean those were stamped on the pipe.
Actually I may be getting confused between the stamping of shape names and the grade. My 1910 Brazilian (I think that’s the shape) is only marked with the L and Co. in the circle on the LH side of shank
 

sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
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This is really interesting - do you think the "extra strong fitting" might include the brass tenon? I've never seen a Melton outside of the catalogue image.
Sure, why not? French carvers were making metal and metal reinforced tenons for their pipes in the early days of the last century. Later on, Barling had the De Luxe line that used aluminum tenons.
 

jguss

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Sure, why not? French carvers were making metal and metal reinforced tenons for their pipes in the early days of the last century. Later on, Barling had the De Luxe line that used aluminum tenons.

Most famously Delacour innovated the use of metal tenons alloyed with radium in Paris in the early 1900s. These pipes, few in number and highly prized upon their manufacture, eventually became as notoriously cursed as the tombs of Tutankhamun or Tamerlane.
 
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