Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

[sablebrush52]

I thought this one was pretty slick too.

SASIENI RARE 1939 EIGHT DOT PATENT 1513428 SILVER MOUNT PRINCE 28 ESTATE PIPE | eBay

How often do you find an Eight Dot with a Sterling Silver Mount?. Baring Patent No.1513428 and fishtail Sasieni logo, this Prince is really sleek and quintessentially English with a classic squat Apple bowl with thick walls and a healthy sized chamber for the bowl's overall size.

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Hmmmm…
I have an 8 dot with a sterling silver mount. This might be the one Todd asked me about.

 

[paulfg]

He (@jensen) was a member of the Forums
I recall one of his posts where he stated that he had over 70 Blakemar pipes, most unsmoked
I suspect a lot of the English estates currently listed by The Danish Pipe Shop are from his collection

I didnt realise he has passed,I remember him commenting many times about Peterson pipes and the fact he had many unsmoked ones in his collection RIP

 

[OzPiper]

I didnt realise he has passed,I remember him commenting many times about Peterson pipes and the fact he had many unsmoked ones in his collection RIP

I realised when I saw all those Blakemars listed by The Danish Pipe Shop that they must have come from his collection.
Vale.

 

[buroak]

I have had old estates start crackling when smoked for the first time after a rehab. An old Sasieni that I love makes a popping sound when it gets to a certain temp. I don't smoke it because of this.

Had you used salt/alcohol treatments or the like? When I see those or, more striking still, the stummels submerged in jars of alcohol, I wonder what are the consequences for the wood.

 

[jguss]

I realised when I saw all those Blakemars listed by The Danish Pipe Shop that they must have come from his collection.
Vale.

Very sad news, and I’m sorry to hear it. There are too few of us genuinely interested in the history of old briar. The loss of even one, especially one such as Jørgen Jensen, is a terrible blow.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Had you used salt/alcohol treatments or the like? When I see those or, more striking still, the stummels submerged in jars of alcohol, I wonder what are the consequences for the wood.

I’ve used the salt treatment for a couple of my pipes and have had no issues.

However, I’d never even consider submerging the whole stummel in alcohol. That seems like a recipe for disaster.

 

[runscott]

Had you used salt/alcohol treatments or the like? When I see those or, more striking still, the stummels submerged in jars of alcohol, I wonder what are the consequences for the wood.

Mark I has described doing this many times in his blog ("So I gave it a 24-hr. dunk in an isopropyl bath, and it popped out smelling clean and sweet. "), so I finally tried it on a stummel that was going to have to be completely restored, leaving it overnight. It smelled better when done, and the process didn't do any harm. Alcohol evaporates quickly and I've used the salt/alcohol chamber treatment countless times, so I wasn't concerned about trying it.

So that you can see 'before & after' pics, and here it straight from him, here's an example of a restore Mark did where he soaked a stummel: 79. The Wrong Pipe: Reconditioning A MADE IN EIRE 312 System

 

[Terry Lennox]

Had you used salt/alcohol treatments or the like? When I see those or, more striking still, the stummels submerged in jars of alcohol, I wonder what are the consequences for the wood.

I didn't do the work. It was restored by SmokingPipes estate department. They tend to do a nice job without over doing it.

 

[buroak]

I didn't do the work. It was restored by SmokingPipes estate department. They tend to do a nice job without over doing it.

Might be worth asking about, but you are right about their work. I rarely buy pipes already restored (a statement more about my status as a skinflint than my prowess at restoration), but I will buy from them because they tend to adhere to the “first, do no harm” principle.

 

[MrTallbutBuxomley]

Recent eBay Dunhill, I am entirely lost at sea, due to the amount of Dunhill information out there (so much!). Any ideas about date and shape would be appreciated.

 

[BingBong]

Recent eBay Dunhill, I am entirely lost at sea, due to the amount of Dunhill information out there (so much!). Any ideas about date and shape would be appreciated.

I should leave it to the experts but can't resist a stab at the date. Looks a bit like a "12" after Made In England, so 1972? 34011 means group 3 followed by the shape number, I think.

I'm probably talking bolex.

 

[ssjones]

Recent eBay Dunhill, I am entirely lost at sea, due to the amount of Dunhill information out there (so much!). Any ideas about date and shape would be appreciated.

I can't quite make out the two-digit number, can you take a close-up? (use camera phone, zoomed in, under a light, no flash)

 

[MrTallbutBuxomley]

I can't quite make out the two-digit number, can you take a close-up? (use camera phone, zoomed in, under a light, no flash)

Thanks for taking a look, I realise the pictures aren't ideal, sadly I don't have it in hand until the end of the week, I will take better pictures once it arrives.

 

[Terry Lennox]

Recent eBay Dunhill, I am entirely lost at sea, due to the amount of Dunhill information out there (so much!). Any ideas about date and shape would be appreciated.

Looks like 1970's. Not sure what the second digit is. The shape code was not used prior to the 1970's.