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He never let the truth or evidence get in the way of being right.
Well if I ever need a fake eye I’ll be asking about your person. He did a great job.
This one is slightly larger than the last couple. She asked if I wanted another but the slightly surreal appearance up close made me keep it. It messes with people.
I may go with a solid black one for the next one.
I got excited when I found this unsmoked sandblasted john brumfit pipe (bottom)…however I’ve come to accept that its silver 1902 hallmarks cannot be used to date the pipe
(The other two are from the 20s)
(The other two are from the 20s)
Those are amazing specimens. Do you know who made pipes for Brumfit? These are really astounding. So, it’s iffy that the silver is original on the last one?
I think quite a few marquees made pipes for Brumfit, though I have only had ones made by barling.
As for the silver, I think it was an older band placed on the pipe. (Unless I’m reading the hallmark wrong).
The Birmingham hallmarks for 1902 & 1927 are very close to one another. But I dont think you're reading it wrong, I think it is 1902. But I agree that there is no way the pipe itself is from 1902. I think there's a few different things that could have happened here.
1. The silver was taken from another older pipe and reused in a repair on this pipe, a perfectly normal thing. A good repairman would likely never throw away a good band but rather save it for reuse.
2. Silver was made in mass and sent off for hallmarking and then fit to pipes as they were made, so silver from that era is often a year or two older than the actual pipe itself. It could have been that somebody found some silver bands that had been stuck in a drawer for 25 years and they used em. This still happens today, MM just made a bunch of pipes from cobs that were turned 40-50 years ago by Buschers.
3. Owner repair, same as 1 but repair performed by the owner using another older pipe he had laying around.
To me that band does not fit that pipe stylistically, It would be the first time I ever saw a scalloped band on a sandblasted pipe. Those kind of bands fell out of favor before sandblast was popular.
Whatever the case it's a lovely pipe with a wonderful blast, and I bet it smokes like a champion.
I agree 100% with your observations. The thing that has bothered me is that the pipe is unsmoked and has no visible repair in the shank.
All I can reasonably guess is that the older band was used for decorative purposes, and most probably aftermarket given the style as you pointed out.
Either way, all three of those pipes are great examples of sandblasted britwood from the 20-30s era and remind me of pipes which would sit more comfortably in the Danish school.
Well that certainly puts a spin on things doesn't it.
Id have to think its option 2 then, an old NOS silver band found in a drawer and fit to a new pipe. They certainly do look way ahead of their time.
I ended up selling the other pair. Hopefully someone here nabbed them. This was the listing, it has some pics of the rimsWell that certainly puts a spin on things doesn't it.
PRE-1930s *UNSMOKED* PAIR (2) MYSTERY PIPES "ABK" GOLD/SILVER BANDS [ENGLAND] DI | eBay
After coming to dead ends while trying to research their provenance, I now give up and just want to let them sing for themselves. The shaping! The craggy blasts! The ring grain! The plateau rim! All enhanced by the 9ct gold and hallmarked sterling silver bands.What makes these pipes more...
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Not I, but I wish it was me! Whoever got those got them at a great price.I ended up selling the other pair. Hopefully someone here nabbed them. This was the listing, it has some pics of the rims
PRE-1930s *UNSMOKED* PAIR (2) MYSTERY PIPES "ABK" GOLD/SILVER BANDS [ENGLAND] DI | eBay
After coming to dead ends while trying to research their provenance, I now give up and just want to let them sing for themselves. The shaping! The craggy blasts! The ring grain! The plateau rim! All enhanced by the 9ct gold and hallmarked sterling silver bands.What makes these pipes more...www.ebay.com
Hope you didn't take too big of an L on itTell me about it
To paraphrase @ashdigger: it’s the moments directly after an “Oh fuck!” that you really feel you are alive.Hope you didn't take too big of an L on it
Immediately followed by an extensive body parts and functions check.
Here ya go, here’s a few very early American blasts.
First a couple with nearly perfect ring grain blasts.
Kaywoodie Thorn 7413B
Dorset Knotty 05
And a few craggy ones
Kaywoodie Shellcraft 5672
A pair of Kaywoodie Thorn 54
Kaywoodie Thorn 7409B
Premier Liteshell 47
First a couple with nearly perfect ring grain blasts.
Kaywoodie Thorn 7413B
Dorset Knotty 05
And a few craggy ones
Kaywoodie Shellcraft 5672
A pair of Kaywoodie Thorn 54
Kaywoodie Thorn 7409B
Premier Liteshell 47