I need to not open this thread anymore, lol. It tempts me to buy more pipes and I need NO more pipes. I have my Marxman 400, box checked. I hope you guys get all these Marxman pipes for a great deal and they are in pristine condition!
MARXMAN Pipes, Anyone?
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Congrats, let us know when you fix it up. I would have, but I've bought too many pipes recently, plus didn't wanna have to spend more to fix it.
? I got my 400 years ago. It's fine. I am just tempted by everyone pointing out Marxman ebay listing's at good prices. Lol
My bad thought you were implying you bought that stummel.
A screaming bargain is on eBay for a marxman 400 stummel only, no stem.
Marxman Smoking Tobacco Pipe The Foun Hundred | eBay
YOU GET WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PHOTOSwww.ebay.com
I own two, and don’t need three.
Notice how they can turn almost black from use. Originally it was the same shade as the fills.
If you look closely at some of the photos in that ebay listing, you can see some nicks that show the color of the briar underneath, which isn't very dark at all.
From these photos, I have a hypothesis on why you are seeing rapid color change in some of your pipes: it is that the stain that was used is sensitive to heat, and changes color rapidly, and it isn't a factor of the smoke, tar, and sap permeating the algerian briar.
Thoughts?
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I own some with bad fills like that one, especially an early fifties “gimmie” pipe contracted for the American Automobile Association that was given free with a membership to X men.
That’s putty. Some of the pipes have putty that darkens with the briar and most that have putty, the putty darkens slower.
No $5 or more Marxman has a drop of stain. They are all virgins.
Were they all oil cured? If so Marx used clear oil. An unsmoked Marxman is always tan.
Not all Marxman pipes suddenly darken , but many do, some while you watch it happen.
Another mystery. Meerschaum pipes darken around the stem first then all over.
If a Marxman darkens quickly it’s usually all over.
Like this $5 Tom Howard Marxman Big Boy knock off. This is the classic oxblood shade they all get in time, some sooner than others.
The Charlie Rich looking pipe seller who at one time sold more CAO pipes than any other retailer on earth, explained it about Meerscahum to the real house queens of the Ozarks,,,,
Your best guarantee of the highest grade and best quality of Meerscahum is the same as your diamond ring. Buy only from trusted sellers and the more you invest the more your husband (son, brother, boyfriend) will receive.
Charlie had pipes on a glass wall with $100 on the bottom to a thousand on top, and the lady usually chose the middle ones.
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I own some with bad fills like that one, especially an early fifties “gimmie” pipe contracted for the American Automobile Association that was given free with a membership to X men.
That’s putty. Some of the pipes have putty that darkens with the briar and most that have putty, the putty darkens slower.
No $5 or more Marxman has a drop of stain. They are all virgins.
Were they all oil cured? If so Marx used clear oil. An unsmoked Marxman is always tan.
Not all Marxman pipes suddenly darken , but many do, some while you watch it happen.
Another mystery. Meerschaum pipes darken around the stem first then all over.
If a Marxman darkens quickly it’s usually all over.
Like this $5 Tom Howard Marxman Big Boy knock off. This is the classic oxblood shade they all get in time, some sooner than others.
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The Charlie Rich looking pipe seller who at one time sold more CAO pipes than any other retailer on earth, explained it about Meerscahum to the real house queens of the Ozarks,,,,
Your best guarantee of the highest grade and best quality of Meerscahum is the same as your diamond ring. Buy only from trusted sellers and the more you invest the more your husband (son, brother, boyfriend) will receive.
Charlie had pipes on a glass wall with $100 on the bottom to a thousand on top, and the lady usually chose the middle ones.
Heard good things about the Tom Howard's. You like how they smoke?
I have a few Courtley seconds, you own any of those? Custombilts are a little out of my general price range so they filled the slot nicely.
Why did somebody sell a pipe that nearly new of that quality for $15 and postage?
He weren’t no pipe smoker his own self, for certain.
My Tom Howard is as good as any other Marxman Big Boy, which is to say excellent.
Howard probably had lower overhead.
I hope Robert Marx drove nothing but new Packard convertibles to his factory at 27 West 24th Street, and hired a boy to park them.
If you could somehow sell your merchandise, the raw materials in any pipe then cost pennies on a dollar.
Why did somebody sell a pipe that nearly new of that quality for $15 and postage?
He weren’t no pipe smoker his own self, for certain.
Nope, I'm amazed at what can be found on there. My Mel-o was 11 bucks shipped.
In the fifties Donald Trump’s Daddy was a large landlord in NYC, mostly residential but he might have been Marx’s landlord.
Robert Marx made pipes in the shadow of Wall Street and the Chrysler building right across from the Flatiron Building. It was a high rent district.
None of his workers lived there. They lived in high rise flats and took the subway.
My parents bought 80 acres in 1948 for $1,800.
Marx spent over $200,000 to advertise pipes in 1948. That’s over 10,000 prime acres of upland farmland.
That’s hundreds of new cars.
For $3.50 you could buy a new Mell-o.
That’s $45 in present dollars.
How, did he get away with it?
Unchanged in over a century:
Marx was 29 years old in the middle of the worst depression in the modern history of the world.
Who loaned that kid the money?
And geezus, he moved uptown from Fifth Avenue!
I saw this Benchmade, it actually says Algerian Briar on it. The rim is charred badly tho,it was well loved.
Does it read Deluxe?
If so, that solves the mystery of the missing Benchmades and Jumbos from that catalog.
The Deluxe pipes were made in France, marketed along with the last Benchmades and Jumbos made in New York.
We know, the party ended in New York.
Sing one Willie!
No, has a number on the bottom and says MADE IN FRANCE on the bottom shank close to the stem. The seller admitted they were in a hurry trying to catch the postal carrier and made a mistake. I'll be sending it back so I can get the correct one