Early Cased MLC Estate Find

[danielplainview]

My big score from estate sale hunting today. Here it is as I found it. No tooth chatter. should cleanup nicely.
MLC Redmanol 12K

 

[macaroon]

Now that... I have absolutely no idea what that is. How does that work, is it a metal bowl inset into plastic? A calabash sort of deal?

 

[scrooge]

Holy Smokes Dave! Absolutely beautiful. Man What kind of antique stores do you have around there. I have'n t tried them yet here. Guess its time. WOW!

 

[jpmcwjr]

Wow! That is very interesting, very lovely coloring. Could it be a one off from some distant time, or does anyone know if there are others?

 

[danielplainview]

It's made of Redmanol. A precursor to Bakelite. Redmanol was made from 1907-1922. It has a briar bowl insert.
MLC is a Linkman pipe. I scored this at an actual house estate sale. The antique stores around my area are mostly furniture stores.

 

[mcitinner1]

Dave did the seller know what they had? I'm guessing yes.

 

[pruss]

Dave, that's an outstanding pickup. Nicely done, pal.
Love the shape of that pipe.
-- Pat

 

[ssjones]

That is a terrific find. I would have loved to see the look on your face when you made that discovery!

 

[ejames]

I'm green Dave !! What is stamped on the band?

 

[xrundog]

Nice one! Bakelite cleanup is the easy part. Stem polish works excellent. Usually the rim on a pipe like that is dinged up. If it is, there's no way to fix that.

The downside for me on those pipes is that moisture collects in the bottom of the trap. If one isn't careful, it's easy to get a mouthful of tobacco juice. It does NOT taste good. It's less likely with a bent, but it still happens. The really great part on this find is the case. I've had a number of pipes like that without the case. For some reason the pipe and case are often separated.