Sasieni 88 One Dot Prince.

[Scottishgaucho]

Despite being a pipe smoker for over 40 years I'm certainly no pipe expert. In fact up until I relocated to Argentina from Scotland my usual pipe and baccy combination was Condor in a Falcon....and still is my favourite when I can get Condor.
Recently I was fortunate enough to buy this estate pipe on a selling site here at very little cost all because I liked the shape of it. It certainly wasn't advertised as a Sasieni so I had no idea what it was when I bought it.

Many thanks to Dave aka dmcmtk and others for putting me right about its history. Should say, despite now knowing what it is I do still smoke it as that's what I bought it for in the first place.

First two pictures are the sellers,

And here it is after I received it. I'm no restorer so all I did was give it a wipe with a wet cloth, applied some walnut oil to the briar and give it a hand buff with a duster. The stem was given a sanding and that's about it.

 

[doctorbob]

Absolutely love it.

Doc

 

[ssjones]

That is quite a find, and in great shape! Enjoy it in your new home. How does one get from Scotland to Argentina!??

 

[cshubhra]

That’s a fantastic find! Enjoy!

 

[Scottishgaucho]

How does one get from Scotland to Argentina!??

An Argentine wife.

 

[dmcmtk]

I'll just post the same comment I posted elsewhere about this fantastic old Sasieni pipe,

The grain on your pipe is part of what makes it such a fine example of the period. Remember, Joel Sasieni worked for Dunhill before starting his own business. My thinking has always been that he wanted to show up his former employer, again I'd say your pipe is an example of this!



"Joel Sasieni apprenticed at Charatan, and moved on to Dunhill, where he eventually rose the position of factory manager. Many men would have been perfectly satisfied with such a position, but not Mr. Sasieni. He opened up his own factory in 1919, believing he could improve on some of Dunhill’s methods. Mr. Sasieni was, if nothing else, an optimist.

Sasieni was not oblivious to the success Dunhill had achieved with its famous “White Spot” logo, and while he obviously couldn’t copy the logo exactly, he apparently saw no problem with reinterpreting it a bit. Therefore, each Sasieni pipe which came out of the factory had a single blue dot in the stem.

Not surprisingly, the idea of their former employee competing with them using a very similar trademark didn’t exactly make Dunhill’s day. They threatened legal action in both the U. K. and the U. S...

So, thanks in part to Dunhill’s patent attorneys, one of the most famous logos in the pipe industry was born (1924). To clearly differentiate his pipes from Dunhill’s, and also to distinguish the American market pipes from all others Sasieni put four blue dots on the stem of his pipes, arranged in the shape of an elongated diamond."

 

[Papamique]

Beautiful pipe all the way around. From the stamps to the grain. The shape to the history and age. What a find!

 

[paulfg]

the boy did well,nice find Crawford

 

[hawky454]

Excellent score! I bet it smokes Condor like a champ! Enjoy my friend!

 

[mikethompson]

I like the Prince shape, and that is a nice example. Nice job on that stem too!

 

[Scottishgaucho]

the boy did well,nice find Crawford

Just got lucky Paul. You've not done too badly yourself...at least you know what you're looking for.

 

[Scottishgaucho]

Excellent score! I bet it smokes Condor like a champ! Enjoy my friend!

Thanks hawky. ? I find Condor smokes well in anything.

 

[hawky454]

Thanks hawky. ? I find Condor smokes well in anything.

Well, I can’t ague with that, haha!