Probably trying to sell to the hip kids from the swinging 60s, which really didn't happen until the early 70s. I think it'll look good with an open neck shirt and bell bottoms.
Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
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That pipe has @TheIronMonkey written all over it. Congrats on the score.Sometimes something comes along that I find intriguing, especially if it's a Barling designation that I've never seen before. I can't decide whether I like or dislike the looks of this pipe but it's certainly an odd looking little cuss. I think what caught my attention was that it's called a Barling Unique. Horry Jameson, who carved FREAK pipes for Barling in the 1920's and went on to carve a great many of their quaints, left Barling to create his own line for GBD, also called Unique. So the Unique appellation conjures up pleasant associations for me and I figured that I'd make a bid on it if it didn't cost too much.
Here's the pipe and you can see what I paid for it. Weird looking thing, innit?
HANDCUT BARLING UNIQUE PIPE (T.V.F.) | eBay
Item & Condition: The Barling "Unique" pipe is hand cut without a shape number and appears to be in excellent condition, with no tooth marks on the bit and a stem that fits snugly into the shank. Barling pipes from this era, while not as highly regarded as the Family Era pipes, still maintained...www.ebay.com
Wait till you get to the third photo.
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Judd's Merchant Service Special Pipe w/hole in the Heel of Pipe | eBay
A pipemaker was going to plug the hole so that it could be smoked but never got around to it. I will do my best to solve the problem. We are here and happy to help! This is from the Collection of Richard Carleton Hacker .
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It's for the man who is trying to give up pipe smoking.Wait till you get to the third photo.
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Judd's Merchant Service Special Pipe w/hole in the Heel of Pipe | eBay
A pipemaker was going to plug the hole so that it could be smoked but never got around to it. I will do my best to solve the problem. We are here and happy to help! This is from the Collection of Richard Carleton Hacker .www.ebay.com
The pipe arrived yesterday and I am able to reasonably confirm that it was made by GBD, which used the same "Unique" stamp on this Barling Unique as was used on the GBD Unique pipes.
The script font has an oblique swirl leading into the U in Unique that's a match between the two manufacturer's stamps, as well as other style and font spacing that's a match between the stamp "Unique" on the GBD pipes and this Barling pipe.
The pipe is an early '70's era product and could have been made by Horry Jameson, but not necessarily so, because GBD augmented Jameson's output with other carvers around this time.
I have a sneaking suspicion that there weren't a lot of these Barling Unique pipes made.
Wait till you get to the third photo.
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Judd's Merchant Service Special Pipe w/hole in the Heel of Pipe | eBay
A pipemaker was going to plug the hole so that it could be smoked but never got around to it. I will do my best to solve the problem. We are here and happy to help! This is from the Collection of Richard Carleton Hacker .www.ebay.com
Lol. The WHOLE bottom is a HOLE (w/hole). Purposeful sense of humour!
I wonder if this was one of the pipes Richard tried to pre-smoke by hanging it out the window while driving
Shame there wasn’t a better pic of the button.
