Just arrived this afternoon.
A cased 1909 Barling's make stubby Bent Billiard with orific bit Amber stem
A cased 1909 Barling's make stubby Bent Billiard with orific bit Amber stem
New Arrival : 1909 Barling
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Thank you.
An alignment of the planets !
I realised that I had only a couple of family-era Batlings. I love small stubby billiards. Silver bands (to nail the date) and a case are just icing on the cake.
A very lucky find (with help from me mate Dave (@Ahi Ka ).
Thanks Dave. Just don't reveal the source !
An alignment of the planets !
I realised that I had only a couple of family-era Batlings. I love small stubby billiards. Silver bands (to nail the date) and a case are just icing on the cake.
A very lucky find (with help from me mate Dave (@Ahi Ka ).
Thanks Dave. Just don't reveal the source !
Came like that. It has hardly been smoked.
I'll take it apart and give it a deep clean next week.
It will definitely be fired up after I give it a clean.
I don't clench and I use rubber/silicon bits always, so the orific bits are not an issue.
That depends more on your teeth alignment as anything else. I find them hard to clench for very long as they tend to roll around my teeth as I do it. I clench until it gets a little troublesome, take a break for a few seconds or so, and then clench again. To my way of thinking, there's a learning curve to clenching them.
How often do you find a case that age in such great nick, let alone the pipe!
Very nice piece of history there ?
Don't disclose that secret sauce, er, I mean source..
Very nice piece of history there ?
Don't disclose that secret sauce, er, I mean source..
