Flea Market Finds!
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A thirty dollar Ivarsson is almost beyond belief. It had to go from original seller to junk shop. Those junk shop dealers are pretty sharp, and they all know how to use the inter webs. Any simple google search using Ivarsson and pipe would lead to more than a thirty dollar price tag.
I think that it is a sixteen. I can make out an s and I on the stamp on the pipe.
It was from a hoarder house and they bought all they had. They had Danish pipes with thumb holes. A snail shaped pipe. So many pipes that needed a good clean for cheap. The only place that I have seen more live edge brier was a video of harvesting in Father the flame movie.
Post a picture of the marking, maybe we here can make it out.
I do not restore. Just remove the cake and a clean. I like patina. I will smoke an oxidized stem and polishing is out of the question. I feel the connection to all the previous owners. Breaking in a new pipe is totally lost on me. Estate all the way Baby!
Better eyes than me? Will post on Monday.Post a picture of the marking, maybe we here can make it out.
Not better eyes, better EYE. As in there is a lot of experience on this forum and I bet you would do well to post some pics. The Ivarsson hallmark stamp is pretty distinctive and could be verified by some here with some confidence even if it isn't very legible.
BTW, it is Sixten. It's his first name. He made many fine pipes and is considered by many as the Godfather of modern Artisan pipe making. Many of the most sought after artisan pipe makers learned their trade under his tutelage.
I look forward to seeing your find!
A bristled pipe cleaner or small bristle brush will remove the yellow from inside the stem.
Hmmm . . . My dictionary indicates that "Brier" and "Briar" are pretty much equivalent in definitions. Never looked them both up together before.
Oh believe me I spent hours on both stems. Bristle cleaners, tapered cleaners, fluffy cleaners, alcohol soaked...the remaining tar might come out eventually but for now I'll call it good ? All that's left really is a light tinge. I can live with that for the moment.
Right. That is a Peben Holm made pipe. The marking you are seeing is II S, it was used at Preben Holm to mark seconds. It dates from say, the mid 1970's.
Holm, Preben - Pipedia - https://pipedia.org/wiki/Holm,_Preben
I was told this (about the II S marking) by a well known pipe repair/restoration guy who heard it directly from Poul Winslow, Holm's foreman.
Holm, Preben - Pipedia - https://pipedia.org/wiki/Holm,_Preben
I was told this (about the II S marking) by a well known pipe repair/restoration guy who heard it directly from Poul Winslow, Holm's foreman.
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The flea market is one of my favorite places to go looking for tabacina. The fact that I have scored some finds makes the chase even more enjoyable, even if I come empty handed sometimes. The best chase is while you are in a foreign town :D Good find, keep it up, mate!
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