That looks like a new one.
What’s odd is the M and arrow on the stem, not the briar.
And it also has over the top highly grained briar for a Marxman, and not stamped Mell-o, Benchmade or Super Briar
MARXMAN Pipes, anyone?
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That looks like a new one.
What’s odd is the M and arrow on the stem, not the briar.
And it also has over the top highly grained briar for a Marxman, and not stamped Mell-o, Benchmade or Super Briar
That looks like a new one.
What’s odd is the M and arrow on the stem, not the briar.
And it also has over the top highly grained briar for a Marxman, and not stamped Mell-o, Benchmade or Super Briar
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That pipe is a Marxman in name only.
It was made in France by Mastercraft after the 1953 sale. It also has an ALGERIAN BRIAR stamp, better grain than the best 400 Marx ever carved, and more machine work was used than NYC production.
I have rules of thumb about buying Marxman pipes.
They can’t say France or Italy.
It must be at least a Mell-o
Bigger is better
All NYC Marx production are miraculously good smokers. The uglier the more miraculous.
The miracle of the dynamite smoking Marxman was actually a man made systematic selection of briar.
Some of it may have came from Morocco (at the last a $2.50 grade Marx was named Morocco)
It might have been oil cured, from the inside. The outsides color even if you don’t handle the pipe.
Marx used briar as soft as butter, as plain as an old maid, which was as fireproof as briar ever can be.
After the sale, the mojo was all done gone.
It was made in France by Mastercraft after the 1953 sale. It also has an ALGERIAN BRIAR stamp, better grain than the best 400 Marx ever carved, and more machine work was used than NYC production.
I have rules of thumb about buying Marxman pipes.
They can’t say France or Italy.
It must be at least a Mell-o
Bigger is better
All NYC Marx production are miraculously good smokers. The uglier the more miraculous.
The miracle of the dynamite smoking Marxman was actually a man made systematic selection of briar.
Some of it may have came from Morocco (at the last a $2.50 grade Marx was named Morocco)
It might have been oil cured, from the inside. The outsides color even if you don’t handle the pipe.
Marx used briar as soft as butter, as plain as an old maid, which was as fireproof as briar ever can be.
After the sale, the mojo was all done gone.
15 minutes ago I didn't knew what a marxman pipe was, now I want to try one!! thanks guys...
Oh yeah, I'm in the same boat. Never heard of em till recently. But it's hard to find new old stock! I don't do used pipes anymore. Lol some of these guys really know how to talk up some pipes huh?15 minutes ago I didn't knew what a marxman pipe was, now I want to try one!! thanks guys...
Pay attention. I will be posting information where 13 Marxman 400s can be purchased.15 minutes ago I didn't knew what a marxman pipe was, now I want to try one!! thanks guys...
You should make an exception for a 400. Yes, I just purchased one of the 14. Thirteen remain, but once I post them in a few days, because of how inexpensive the man with the briefcase full of 400s is selling them, they will all be gone.
As of this post, only 12 remain. Van just bought the one that could be used as an Irish Knocking stick.
I could be tempted to part with a Marxman Super Briar. They are traditional shapes, still in the box, and NOS. I am holding on to them as pipes to smoke when I am in my 80s.NOS my friend NOS Then well talk.
A word about NOS. When removing the stem, be careful to rehydrate the briar. I live in a desert. It is dry. Removing stems in unsmoked pipes can result in a broken stummel.
I don't do used pipes either. Wouldn't it make logical sense that the best estate pipes are the heavily used ones? The pipes wouldn't have gotten smoked to hell and back if they didn't smoke well. Either that or their owners were just really cheap haha. I would imagine that since most of the Marxman pipes I've seen look like they were chain-smoked by a sabretooth tiger for 300 years, they've gotta be great smokers. I'm still on the lookout for one.
You could at least show the pictures of it again! Hahahah
I’ve broken two very high condition marxman pipes, being careless with removing stingers, one on the mortise and the other on the tenon.
A valuable $36 lesson.
They were all made of the most porous, lightest, fragile Algerian briar.
They can be scratched with a fingernail.
But a billionaire can smoke no better pipe, at any price.
I have a favorite “Big Boy” I’ve nicknamed “Old Speedy” in honor of my second step father, who had a perfect coon hound of the same name.
Old Speedy was almost unsmoked and tan when I upacked him and turned this black in just a few smokes.
There’s no nice way to say this.
Marxman pipes were not for the common everyday pipe smoker.
Old Speedy cost thirty times what a fifty cent common briar cost during that era.
Poor folks never touched them.
These were baubles rich men got for presents, from the women who loved having an escort with a Marxman.
The list of available 400s, just shrunk to 11 pipes.
It's happening... soon there will be none.
But the world will still go on. Or not.
It's happening... soon there will be none.
But the world will still go on. Or not.
Sort of a pact we need to make when we all get these.
I already have 154 B
We need to make a Show us your 400 page and record serial numbers.
These pipes will outlive us as surely as they outlived the original owners.
Bob Marx died only about thirty years ago. The original 400 Blue Book is somewhere, you know?
And, there were 80 extremely high dollar Marxman Masterpieces too.
Plus another 80 Marx 1987 50 Year Anniversary freehands.
I already have 154 B
We need to make a Show us your 400 page and record serial numbers.
These pipes will outlive us as surely as they outlived the original owners.
Bob Marx died only about thirty years ago. The original 400 Blue Book is somewhere, you know?
And, there were 80 extremely high dollar Marxman Masterpieces too.
Plus another 80 Marx 1987 50 Year Anniversary freehands.
Looks a bit like the coon hound Speedy got a hold of her or, had a side job as a Marxman carver.