Picked up this bulldog online the other day as I had a hunch it was old and unsmoked.
Bit of a badge on the bowl, and a slight discolouration on the shank which leads me to believe there either was a silver collar or the intention of banding with one.
Bone screw tenon. Vulcanite stem with orofic bit.
Any ideas how to date this? Or do we just accept it’s pre 20s?
Also, the seller appears to have placed the threaded bone tenon around the wrong way which stops the shank connection lining up - listing pics showed tenon in shank, pipe arrived with tenon in stem, tenon is now stuck back in shank. Lol
How can I safely remove it so I can turn it around?