I picked up this little Barling (no S!) Sandblast on Ebay, mostly because of the hallmarked end cap.
It appears to be a lowercase "k" from 1965.
I suppose this would be a Transition era pipe?
There is a faint Barlings Cross stem stamp.
I found no reference to a five-digit shape number on the Barlings Pipepedia page, this one stamped 56375
It didn't garner much interest and went sold for a modest price
![Barlings_1965_Before (6).jpg Barlings_1965_Before (6).jpg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/223/223674-e050c9adda1f8eda766825f656f1eb00.jpg)
The rest of the pipe, it should be an easy restoration.
![Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (1).jpg Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (1).jpg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/223/223678-e23de449f8b31e18e8aae152700f7a57.jpg)
![Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (2).jpg Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (2).jpg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/223/223679-a16d978f3f4651411a911be89728155e.jpg)
![Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (3).jpg Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (3).jpg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/223/223680-1a291174dd7873cc235ce99ba2434eeb.jpg)
![Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (4).jpg Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (4).jpg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/223/223681-8e5b2e8684722137c6ad6be6bd227fb0.jpg)
![Barlings_1965_Before (5).jpg Barlings_1965_Before (5).jpg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/223/223677-b4fe02895d6d0fe9fe45b651b0eaa2e8.jpg)
It appears to be a lowercase "k" from 1965.
I suppose this would be a Transition era pipe?
There is a faint Barlings Cross stem stamp.
I found no reference to a five-digit shape number on the Barlings Pipepedia page, this one stamped 56375
It didn't garner much interest and went sold for a modest price
![Barlings_1965_Before (6).jpg Barlings_1965_Before (6).jpg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/223/223674-e050c9adda1f8eda766825f656f1eb00.jpg)
The rest of the pipe, it should be an easy restoration.
![Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (1).jpg Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (1).jpg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/223/223678-e23de449f8b31e18e8aae152700f7a57.jpg)
![Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (2).jpg Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (2).jpg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/223/223679-a16d978f3f4651411a911be89728155e.jpg)
![Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (3).jpg Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (3).jpg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/223/223680-1a291174dd7873cc235ce99ba2434eeb.jpg)
![Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (4).jpg Barlings_1965_Sandblast_Before (4).jpg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/223/223681-8e5b2e8684722137c6ad6be6bd227fb0.jpg)
![Barlings_1965_Before (5).jpg Barlings_1965_Before (5).jpg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/223/223677-b4fe02895d6d0fe9fe45b651b0eaa2e8.jpg)