Engraved Year on Pipe—Meaning?

[jb235]

Title edited for capitalization and brevity. See Rule 9!

Hey folks. I have a fresh smoking pipe I bought few days ago in the tobacco store. I have noticed the ring of the pipe has signing "2016". Does it mean the year of manufacture??, I guess the pipe was in stock for 6 years or so ??

 

[bullet08]

Depends on the pipe. Some pipes are released with year on them because they are for certain occasions. Peterson holiday pipes will have year tamped on them. Or it could be for other reasons.

 

[jb235]

The pipe is called "WO Larsen 2016 Limited Edition"

 

[bullet08]

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The pipe is called "WO Larsen 2016 Limited Edition"

There you go. It was their limited edition for 2016 and that why 2016. Yes, it's been sitting around for 6 years.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

In that case it was made in 2016.
Have a picture?

 

[jb235]

Here its

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Great history with WØ Larsen. Newer ones like yours are made by Stanwell.

 

[romaso]

I think Stanwell is now owned by Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG), and made somewhere in Italy (maybe under contract by Savinelli?) Can anyone verify that?

PS Nice pipe! Great shape!

 

[sablebrush52]

I think Stanwell is now owned by Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG), and made somewhere in Italy (maybe under contract by Savinelli?) Can anyone verify that?

PS Nice pipe! Great shape!

The Stanwell name is owned by STG and they are made in Italy by the Barontini company.

 

[tklee]

@jb235 , most of the brand of the pipes have their history. If you're interested to know more about your pipe manufacturer history, you can search here W.Ø. Larsen - Pipedia - https://pipedia.org/wiki/W.%C3%98._Larsen

This pipe you got, is really very nice!

 

[mso489]

I've always dreamed of pipe makers inscribing their pipes with the year of manufacture so people could get birth year pipes and anniversary pipes for other occasions ... weddings, births, and such. There are excuses why not to do that -- it dates the pipes and affects its price, and so on. However, some artisans and some brands do this or have done this and I commend them for it.

Jerry Perry, a carver in Colfax, N.C., inscribes the year of each pipe on the stem as a matter of course. The Italian pipe maker Luciano stamps their pipes with the year of manufacture, so kudos to them; I'm not sure they're still in business but they make or made fine pipes.

Most pipes don't have this, so in order to determine the year they were made, you have to study the materials, shapes, numbers, stem, etc., and consult references to pin down the year or approximate year. That strikes me as silly, but apparently the industry is content with it.

 

[jb235]

I've always dreamed of pipe makers inscribing their pipes with the year of manufacture so people could get birth year pipes and anniversary pipes for other occasions ... weddings, births, and such. There are excuses why not to do that -- it dates the pipes and affects its price, and so on. However, some artisans and some brands do this or have done this and I commend them for it.

Jerry Perry, a carver in Colfax, N.C., inscribes the year of each pipe on the stem as a matter of course. The Italian pipe maker Luciano stamps their pipes with the year of manufacture, so kudos to them; I'm not sure they're still in business but they make or made fine pipes.

Most pipes don't have this, so in order to determine the year they were made, you have to study the materials, shapes, numbers, stem, etc., and consult references to pin down the year or approximate year. That strikes me as silly, but apparently the industry is content with it.

Sounds very interesting, I guess manufacturers don't really care about initials on their products these days

 

[jb235]

I have heard Irish pipes are very special of their quality, type of wood, stems, etc

 

[jb235]

I was thinking pipes these days are commonly selling for souvenirs, gifts, etc. In my country every gift shop have lots of decorative pipes to sell

 

[tklee]

I have heard Irish pipes are very special of their quality, type of wood, stems, etc

Peterson is a very popular and famous Irish pipe. It's known for its System Standard pipes, and for people who like nickel and silver spigot, Peterson has quite a wide range with nickel and silver spigot pipes. Very beautiful.

 

[tklee]

I was thinking pipes these days are commonly selling for souvenirs, gifts, etc. In my country every gift shop have lots of decorative pipes to sellI

That depends on what material the pipes are made of. Some pipes are made just for decoration. Thus, most of the pipe smokers only go for briar pipes. Because of the quality of the wood, and the durability that it can stand heat. There are some other wood, that's totally cannot be smoked, especially China made pipes. For example, sandal wood, ebony wood (depend on the price, a real ebony pipe can't be cheap), oak wood, red wood, etc. If you read the post some other member posted recently, apple wood also doesn't seem to be lasting for pipes

 

[bullet08]

I have heard Irish pipes are very special of their quality, type of wood, stems, etc

It's special if you pick the right pipe. Otherwise, 1/4 of this forum's content would be very boring.

 

[tklee]

It's special if you pick the right pipe. Otherwise, 1/4 of this forum's content would be very boring.

Tell me about it....

 

[jb235]

That depends on what material the pipes are made of. Some pipes are made just for decoration. Thus, most of the pipe smokers only go for briar pipes. Because of the quality of the wood, and the durability that it can stand heat. There are some other wood, that's totally cannot be smoked, especially China made pipes. For example, sandal wood, ebony wood (depend on the price, a real ebony pipe can't be cheap), oak wood, red wood, etc. If you read the post some other member posted recently, apple wood also doesn't seem to be lasting for pipes

Here's this pocket size pipe, its called "Erica", how would you rate it ??

 

[tklee]

Here's this pocket size pipe, its called "Erica", how would you rate it ??

Is there any marking engraved on the shank bro? I'm not until that level that just one glance at the shape then can tell the brand of the pipe As far as I know, there's no pipe called "Erica". But Erica Arborea is the scientific name of Tree Heather, where the root, is call briar wood, which is used to make briar pipe.