Bizarre Barling

[georged]

Very strange indeed. Not sure what the purpose was supposed to have been. Medical/dental assitance in some way? Adjustable smoke stream? Simply a gag?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262799852897

 

[theloniousmonkfish]

Looks like it supposed to clip into something. Dentures? What the hell is wrong with it?

 

[ashdigger]

Luckily the pipe is a "treasure".

 

[theloniousmonkfish]

And this...
"The Bowl has suffered cracks in the past which have been well repaired"

Looking good...

 

[dmcmtk]

Double Denture.

 

[theloniousmonkfish]

Learned something new. Can't see how the design never caught on.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Cracks was plural. Here's another. Notice the fine focus on the stamping!

 

[ssjones]

Good find Dave!
How do you do that to the bowl, but keep the stem in mint condition??

 

[jpmcwjr]

Dave didn't do it!! (The tiny fissures!)

But nice find on the catalog. Any approx. year?
While cleaning it, stem removed, drop it in the disposal while it's going??

 

[dmcmtk]

But nice find on the catalog. Any approx. year?

Image is from the pipedia Barling's page towards the bottom, 1957 Brochure.
https://pipedia.org/wiki/Barling

 

[bentbob]

This pipe was up for sale in an un-restored and broken condition a couple of weeks ago. It went for about £2

 

[sablebrush52]

I found the brochure on the Japanese "Ye Olde Briars" site and used in in my Pipedia Barling article. Barling designed and patented a number of specialty bits. Here's a page of bit designs: