Pre-Lane Charatan Stem Question

[orlandofurioso]

Other than the very minor crack it is a lovely pipe.

Oh yes, it sure is.
The blast is to die for .

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Rusticated stem or SHANK?

 

[orlandofurioso]

My bad, shank of course.
Sorry all , stupid me.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

My bad, shank of course.
Sorry all , stupid me.

I don't know why it took me so long to get that.
Ken Barnes often spoke of how (via Barry Jones I assume) Reuben Charatan would send pipes out for sandblasting to a neighborhood glass/window shop with a note to go "heavy on the bowls, light on the shanks".
Later, Ken would attribute the same quotation to Reuben as his directions toward the in-house sandblaster (Tony or Tom or Joe).
Could have been a lapse in memory or just a mantra at Charatan - Heavy on the bowls, light on the shanks!

 

[orlandofurioso]

I don't know why it took me so long to get that.
Ken Barnes often spoke of how (via Barry Jones I assume) Reuben Charatan would send pipes out for sandblasting to a neighborhood glass/window shop with a note to go "heavy on the bowls, light on the shanks".
Later, Ken would attribute the same quotation to Reuben as his directions toward the in-house sandblaster (Tony or Tom or Joe).
Could have been a lapse in memory or just a mantra at Charatan - Heavy on the bowls, light on the shanks!

Thank you, not a clue why it took me so long either.
Well, apperently I'm not a fox .

 

[orlandofurioso]

I may not be the fox that never gets caught twice etc. but I am Dutch and stubborn and that is where my sometimes confusion
derives from. Overhere we still refer to the shank as being the stem and to the stem as the mouthpiece.
Like in the old days. Savvy ?

 

[orlandofurioso]

I don't know why it took me so long to get that.
Ken Barnes often spoke of how (via Barry Jones I assume) Reuben Charatan would send pipes out for sandblasting to a neighborhood glass/window shop with a note to go "heavy on the bowls, light on the shanks".
Later, Ken would attribute the same quotation to Reuben as his directions toward the in-house sandblaster (Tony or Tom or Joe).
Could have been a lapse in memory or just a mantra at Charatan - Heavy on the bowls, light on the shanks!

Hello Brian,
Where does your info derive from ?
Cheers,
Roland

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Hello Brian,
Where does your info derive from ?
Cheers,
Roland

The fingertips of Ken Barnes.

 

[orlandofurioso]

The fingertips of Ken Barnes.

Not really helpful, but thank you

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Not really helpful, but thank you

I don't know how else to say it.
That information was typed on these forums by Ken Barnes.

 

[orlandofurioso]

So you do know how to say it. Now I know where to search for it
Again kudos to Jesse . We should keep the memory alive, Ken meant so much to so many of us.