Here is a little Barling that I really enjoy. It's short so it's a perfect pocket pipe. It was made in England and is labeled SOVEREIGN.
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Just picked up another Barling made Bewlay Emerald. I suspect I might have to do some stem work near the button. Got it for 15.50. This will make my 3rd Barling made Emerald. Guess I can say I’m starting a collection. 
I had posted this one a while back, but this is my attempt at restoring it.
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Looks EXCELLENT to me. I have a couple of these and they are amongst my very best smoking pipes. Barling pots are in a class of their own.I had posted this one a while back, but this is my attempt at restoring it.View attachment 367987View attachment 367990View attachment 367991
I picked up a 5276 at a great price. I wanted it because of the nice big bowl. So far, it has been a nice smoker.
Well, as I took my "end of the day" relaxation pause today following feeding and tending to the horses and dogs, I relaxed on the back porch with one of my Barling big pot pipes while enjoying some Gawith FVF.... I got to thinking about the gorgeous collection of Barlings that you own, Jessie (@sablebrush52). While I don't know the size of your complete collection, I do know that you have some very rare and collectible pipes that probably stay in a display cabinet or something similar.
This brings me to the primary question..... Of all of your Barling's, what percentage do you actually smoke and what percentage are "hands off" for collecting purposes?
Inquiring minds want to know....
This brings me to the primary question..... Of all of your Barling's, what percentage do you actually smoke and what percentage are "hands off" for collecting purposes?
Inquiring minds want to know....
I have a little over 100 Barlings that range from the 18880's to the 1970's. The vast majority are well used workhorses that I found for reasonable prices. Maybe 20% are rarer pieces, like Quaints and their antecedents as well as a few "curiosities" like the Magnums. I smoke all of them, except for the 5 or 6 unsmoked pipes like the 1907 companion set. Some I haven't smoked in a good long time and I should give them some attention or set them free. One of the things about getting older, I smoke a lot less than I used to.Well, as I took my "end of the day" relaxation pause today following feeding and tending to the horses and dogs, I relaxed on the back porch with one of my Barling big pot pipes while enjoying some Gawith FVF.... I got to thinking about the gorgeous collection of Barlings that you own, Jessie (@sablebrush52). While I don't know the size of your complete collection, I do know that you have some very rare and collectible pipes that probably stay in a display cabinet or something similar.
This brings me to the primary question..... Of all of your Barling's, what percentage do you actually smoke and what percentage are "hands off" for collecting purposes?
Inquiring minds want to know....
They are all stored in pipe cases that hold anywhere from 12 to 21 pipes per case. All of my pipes are stored away from light. I keep nothing on display as it's bad for the pipes.
Jesse,
You’ve shown off a few pieces over the years, but a collection like yours should be photographed in its entirety and archived for current and future members.
I and, I am sure, quite a few members here can put our interest in Britwoods down to the pieces you have shown.
As well as those posted over the years by @ssjones (GBDs), kashmir (Comoys), Danielplainview (BBBs and GBDs), achtman, fish&banjo to name a few.
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As I read Jesse's reply I was thinking along the lines of what you just wrote, Oz..... but you said it so much better than I could have. Great idea.
Man, 100 Barling's like that would make a heck of a "coffee table book."
Photographing all those pipes would be an awful lot of work, and to honest, much of what I have isn't particularly noteworthy, just a lot of ordinary pipes whose markings were like dips in the river, helping me to understand, to some small extent, how to date Barlings. @jguss did more than any of us, with his extraordinary scholarship, to make some sense of this marque as well as many others.
And, there are, or were, much more important Barling collections than anything I assembled in terms of quality. I did what I could within some tight budget constraints and watched a great many really fabulous pipes that I would have loved to own go elsewhere because I couldn't begin to compete monetarily. What I do have is a much larger collection of images, pulled from various auctions over the past 16 years, that I have as references.
Don't misunderstand. I have some rarities that very few others have, Nibblicks, a beautiful FREAK from the 1920's, an Elite, hand rusticated to mimic a sandblast, and the rarest of the rare a complete pre WW1 catalog. But, it's a small percentage of the total. Compared to collections I have seen, it's not that big a deal.
I was approached about writing a book about Barlings, but honestly, very few would buy it. The Pipedia Barling article, for now, is a MUCH better tool for sharing information. It does need an update.
Perhaps you could update the Pipedia Barling entry with photos of your noteworthy pipes.
That information with pics is gold for neophytes
It's one of the things I plan to do but there are other activities ahead of it, but I don't have rights to reproduce the images from auctions, so I'll add some from my motley assortment. Other collectors are always welcome to request their images be posted.