Asking for help: A London Made Larsen Copenhagen?

[lee2]

I just bought a Larsen from eBay, a US seller.
This Larsen shape looks quite similar to Sixteen design. But there is a LONDON MADE stamp on shank, which I've never saw before. Is there a chance that it's a fake? Or for some reason, there is some Larsen guy made this pipe when he was in London?
I uploaded pictures to my Google Album and shared, here is the LINK (Click me please. Sorry don't know how to post picture here.

 

[dmcmtk]

Perhaps a London made pipe sold by Larsen...? I must say, I've never seen that type of carving detail on the bottom of the bowl on any of the Danish made Larsen's.

 

[lee2]

Thanks Dave, you are right about the carving, I've never seen that before.
Just got a message back from coopersark on eBay, said that the stem is a replacement, the MADE IN DENMARK must be cut-off when replacing the stem, he mentioned that Larsen was never made in London.
So it's quite possible that the pipe was repaired somehow, and was stamped this LONDON MADE one which is obviously deeper than the others. And the carving detail was to cover some impacted trace or a bug bite? LOL

 

[jensen]

In the Danish pipe magazine STOP nr 13 april 1967 there is an article: Larsen - a good old name.

Its about the handcut pipes only called the LARSEN pipes, not W Ø L.

Sven Knudsen,Former,Else Larsen and Svend Bang are mentioned.
Until up in the late 80ties we had an local pipemaker here.Stanwell has given him a stamp for stems when he gave a Stanwell a

new one.Once I visited him I put that stamp on the shank of one of my English pipes.
Jørgen, Danmark

 

[jensen]

lee2 !

You should see the tread "Unsmoked grade 7 st.grain W O Larsen"

dmcmtk has a good story there

 

[dmcmtk]

It wouldn't be the first time markings were cut off during a stem replacement. An old Sven Knudsen made pipe (Larsen Fancy 1102 shape) that sold on ebay in Nov. '16.

:wink:

 

[lee2]

Thanks jensen. I've read that thread, it's truly a good story, and I believe Rob Cooper is "coopersark" on eBay.

It wouldn't be the first time markings were cut off during a stem replacement. An old Sven Knudsen made pipe (Larsen Fancy 1102 shape) that sold on ebay in Nov. '16.

What's the ODD!!! This one looks so familiar, so I opened my drawer and found it. Now I'm pretty sure it's exactly the SAME one! This particular pipe is on my hand now, HAHAHA~
THANKS a lot, dmcmtk! One thread, two answers, that's GREAT! ::

 

[dmcmtk]

This one looks so familiar, so I opened my drawer and found it. Now I'm pretty sure it's exactly the SAME one! This particular pipe is on my hand now, HAHAHA~

The pipe was bought, cleaned up, and re-sold. The second seller basically bought it because he was also curious as to what it was. I didn't figure it out until after he sold it again. The cleaned pipe,

and from the 1963 W.O. Larsen catalog,

 

[lee2]

The pipe was bought, cleaned up, and re-sold. The second seller basically bought it because he was also curious as to what it was. I didn't figure it out until after he sold it again. The cleaned pipe,

Thanks dmcmtk, that's the seller's pictures whom I bought the pipe from. I bought this one is out of the same reason, want to find out what it is. And now I know, thanks to you. ::