Just received this pipe from Smoking Pipes.com:
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Barling Bent Dublin transition 6969, great feel in the mouth and nice weight.
Smokes pretty good with the first bowl of Bald Headed Teacher, although a bit moist. Possibly because of the bend.
As I understand Barling, they manufactured very few bents until the company was taken over the in 1960's. The briar, however, is most likely from the original stack of ancient Algerian
Barling Bent Dublin transition 6969, great feel in the mouth and nice weight.
Smokes pretty good with the first bowl of Bald Headed Teacher, although a bit moist. Possibly because of the bend.
As I understand Barling, they manufactured very few bents until the company was taken over the in 1960's. The briar, however, is most likely from the original stack of ancient Algerian