A Pair of Patent Parker Pilliards...

[Saintwilliam]

Hello, everyone

I just want to share these little/large pipes I have in my collection with ya’ll with hopes that you’ll enjoy them.

But also to hear any information one might have on them. I couldn’t find anything terribly substantial on patent era Parker’s other than they are Dunhill seconds at some point in time but not always... they seem to command a hefty price tag when I’ve done some basic googling but I haven’t seen anything recent...



I look forward to the ensuing discussion

andrew

both of them are Super Bruyere...

 

[Jef]

I just bought a Parker too. This is the best info I could find. http://pipephil.eu/logos/en/

 

[Saintwilliam]

I just re-read the Pipedia page on them after I posted this and it is quite detailed. I guess I just didn’t click last time I read it. Turns out the bent billiard above is from 1925 and the straight is 1948.

still curious to hear about these failed Dunhills from others.

 

[dmcmtk]

What is the shape number/code on the billiard? Shape 95?

 

[Saintwilliam]

189 bent

95/f straight

 

[saltedplug]

Beautiful pipes with a lot of history!

 

[dmcmtk]

My 95, a later pipe, Super Briar Bark. A good sized billiard, marked as a group 4, to me it's more like grp 5/6.

 

[mikethompson]

The heft of those pipes comes right through the photos! Very nice pipes!

 

[ssjones]

Love the stem on that 95 vs Dave's Super Bark- do you think it is original?
We lost the top Parker collector a few years ago, Tony Soderman. I don't know if anyone has picked up that torch for the brand.

 

[Saintwilliam]

Love the stem on that 95 vs Dave's Super Bark- do you think it is original?
We lost the top Parker collector a few years ago, Tony Soderman. I don't know if anyone has picked up that torch for the brand.

Yup, it’s an original. The P is still quite prominent. What was Tony’s handle I’d be curious to go back and read his posts on Parker’s.

 

[ssjones]

Yup, it’s an original. The P is still quite prominent. What was Tony’s handle I’d be curious to go back and read his posts on Parker’s.

Tony wasn't a member, but a high volume Ebay seller, where is seller name was "Mr. Can". He also traveled to most pipe shows, so he was quite well known.
His ebay listings were epic.
Here's a few threads:

Broken Pipe Tony "Mr. Can" Soderman :: General Pipe Smoking Discussion

I'm sad to report that noted Twin Cities Attorney, Sportsman, Pipe Collector and Friend Tony Soderman passed away. He was an amazing man. RIP Happier times with Tony with our club at my house in 2012 and 13

pipesmagazine.com

Mr. Can (Tony Soderman) Retiring :: General Discussion

Tony Soderman, AKA " mr.can" is retiring from e-bay selling. Tony has had some health problems of late, keep him in your prayers............ :( Tony's Retirement Announcement

pipesmagazine.com

 

[jguss]

We lost the top Parker collector a few years ago, Tony Soderman. I don't know if anyone has picked up that torch for the brand.

Tony knew an awful lot about every kind of pipe, and I still miss the arguments we used to have at the Chicago show. But the leading Parker collector was Mike Reschke.

 

[mso489]

I like Parker pipes and have a compact cherrywood shape briar. I really like those hefty ones with the extra generous chambers for long slow smokes; I have a few similar pipes but no Parkers. I somewhat doubt the Dunhill "seconds" concept, though Parker and Hardcastle are owned by Dunhill, and I don't doubt that briar and other materials are graded and passed along if they are not the primo quality. From shapes and fittings, I'd say that Dunhill/White Spot pipes that prove insufficient go to the crusher, just to maintain the brand. I think they maintain those prices and wouldn't jeopardize them by selling near-miss outtakes. A salesman once hinted that a Britannia he was selling me was a Dunhill second; I didn't believe it, but I didn't debate it. It's a fine pipe ... no White Spot but a fine pipe.

 

[ssjones]

Tony knew an awful lot about every kind of pipe, and I still miss the arguments we used to have at the Chicago show. But the leading Parker collector was Mike Reschke.

Ah, that's right! We lost two premier pipe men in short order. I may have met Tony once, but I believe it was Mike who did more pipe show travel.

 

[Saintwilliam]

Was their knowledge recorded anywhere, magazines or papers given at the pipe shows?

 

[ssjones]

Was their knowledge recorded anywhere, magazines or papers given at the pipe shows?

I believe both may have had articles in the old Pipe Smokers Ephemeris publication, you can still find them on Ebay occasionally:

The Pipe Smoker's Ephemeris :: General Pipe Smoking Discussion

Thanks to Pipestud, I picked up two hardbound volumes - Volume I and a Volume II - each of which contain a number of issues of this old periodical. Does anyone know much about this publication? How many volumes were published? If only two hardbound volumes were ever published, does anyone...

pipesmagazine.com

Or the current NASPC publication, "The PIpe Collector", back issues are available at their site. I don't know if they have a searchable archive (don't believe so).

 

[Ziggywm]

Hello, everyone

I just want to share these little/large pipes I have in my collection with ya’ll with hopes that you’ll enjoy them.

But also to hear any information one might have on them. I couldn’t find anything terribly substantial on patent era Parker’s other than they are Dunhill seconds at some point in time but not always... they seem to command a hefty price tag when I’ve done some basic googling but I haven’t seen anything recent...



I look forward to the ensuing discussion

andrew

both of them are Super Bruyere...
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I just posted pictures on my Parker 189 Golden Bark. Take a look as I'm interested in anything you can share. Oh I love your billard.

 

[anotherbob]

Wow Just wow. After reading that old post about Kyle Black. Man mofo really is text book sociopath. Wow.

 

[ssjones]

Wow Just wow. After reading that old post about Kyle Black. Man mofo really is text book sociopath. Wow.

That's a name I'd like to forget - I was suckered into a trade with Kyle and spoke to him via phone several times, before he eventually send back my trade pipe. I suspect someone murdered that guy!

 

[jensen]

Yes Mike Reschke, The Parker Man.
I once sold him a large smoked st. grain Dublin shape
and an unsmoked large billiard Root.
Jesper Klith sold him a Parker catalog from the old Paul Olsen shop here in Copehagen. I managed to get a photocopy of it.
Because of this tread I am now smoking a bruyere 5/F
England 23 Pat no 11989/17. It was unsmoked when I snaped it up for the nose of Mike.