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donjgiles

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dmcmtk

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Aug 23, 2013
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Don, you're on fire! Early pipe (Pre-war), and marked as a Straight Grain! Does it have the metal mortise reinforcement?

Quoting myself,

"Some more historical information, The Blue Riband is an unofficial accolade given to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the record highest speed, and dates to the early 19th Century, with the Cunard White Star Liner, Queen Mary, ultimately posting 30.99 knots (57.39 km/h) in 1938.
The last vessel to hold the title was the SS United States, on her maiden voyage in 1952, the United States upped the Blue Riband to 34.51 knots (63.91 km/h). In 1958, the transatlantic airlines put jet transports into service and the days of the record breakers were numbered. Queen Mary retired in 1967, and the United States in 1969. The United States is still berthed in Philadelphia, with ongoing efforts to preserve her, and save her from the scrap yard. "
 

donjgiles

Lifer
Apr 14, 2018
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Don, you're on fire! Early pipe (Pre-war), and marked as a Straight Grain! Does it have the metal mortise reinforcement?

Quoting myself,

"Some more historical information, The Blue Riband is an unofficial accolade given to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the record highest speed, and dates to the early 19th Century, with the Cunard White Star Liner, Queen Mary, ultimately posting 30.99 knots (57.39 km/h) in 1938.
The last vessel to hold the title was the SS United States, on her maiden voyage in 1952, the United States upped the Blue Riband to 34.51 knots (63.91 km/h). In 1958, the transatlantic airlines put jet transports into service and the days of the record breakers were numbered. Queen Mary retired in 1967, and the United States in 1969. The United States is still berthed in Philadelphia, with ongoing efforts to preserve her, and save her from the scrap yard. "
It does have the reinforced tenon, but not in the shank.
 
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donjgiles

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You are building quite the fabulous collection. If you ever turn your focus to Barlings I won't be able to sleep at night.
Thank you Sir, that is a compliment I will feel very proud of!
I only have 2 Barlings, one a smooth bent bulldog and the other is a nice dark, sandblasted billiard. The billiard's stem is stamped Barling Design and the pipe is marked only Barling's Make TVF, not Fossil. Both pieces date pretty easily to 1962, I believe.
 
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sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
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The Barling Design stem stamp dates from 1950 and onwards. The lack of a "fossil" stamp points to 1962, though Barling didn't stamp their WW2 era sandblasts either. Any Barling pipe that has the traditional block lettered "Barling's Make" stamp and also has a 4 digit model number whose first digit ranges from 2 through 6 is a 1962 pipe.
 

donjgiles

Lifer
Apr 14, 2018
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The Barling Design stem stamp dates from 1950 and onwards. The lack of a "fossil" stamp points to 1962, though Barling didn't stamp their WW2 era sandblasts either. Any Barling pipe that has the traditional block lettered "Barling's Make" stamp and also has a 4 digit model number whose first digit ranges from 2 through 6 is a 1962 pipe.

Here is the seller's photograph ...

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mothernaturewilleatusallforbreakfast

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That is a beautiful pipe! Congrats. The flame grain does not stop; shank and bowl. A really good looking pipe! I've always wanted one... maybe someday? Anyways, again, great get and enjoy it!
 
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