What is This Pipe/Too Nice For Basket Pipe?

[elessar]

This is a strange one. Seems to be an anonymous basket pipe but at the same time seems too well made to be a basket pipe. It is a vulcanite Cumberland stem. Drilling and fit is near perfect. The stem is even drilled with an ever so slight tapered airway. Anyone have any info on these stampings BAR R2?

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Definitely has the “Sea Rock” touch to the bowl. Quite possibly a Barclay Rex derivation. ?️

 

[elessar]

Definitely has the “Sea Rock” touch to the bowl. Quite possibly a Barclay Rex derivation. ?️

Agreed it definitely has a Sea Rock style to it. This is a style of rusticstion I like. I'm not very familiar with Barclay Rex other than I recognize the name. I will do some digging.

 

[verporchting]

I’d say not a basket pipe. Lovely rustication and the Cumberland stem is perfect with it. Never ever ever seen that on a basket pipe.

 

[niblicck]

it looks like a Wally Frank White Bar Estate Smoking Tobacco Pipe. I'll give you $10.00 and I'll pay for the shipping also.

 

[BROBS]

R2 is most likely the grade (dark rustication) but I’ve never seen the BAR marking before. Perhaps handmade artisan? Odd no COM either tho

 

[mso489]

It's not clear. Did you find it in a pipe shop basket? Pretty good pipes can find their way into pipe shop baskets at the discretion of the proprietor, so it is always wise to look. Maybe he/she didn't recognize the brand or had just had it hanging around too long, or wants to draw people in by having a few "prizes" in the basket. A basket is just that, and anything can go in it.

 

[elessar]

it looks like a Wally Frank White Bar Estate Smoking Tobacco Pipe. I'll give you $10.00 and I'll pay for the shipping also.

Lol. That's pretty close to what I paid.

 

[elessar]

It's not clear. Did you find it in a pipe shop basket? Pretty good pipes can find their way into pipe shop baskets at the discretion of the proprietor, so it is always wise to look. Maybe he/she didn't recognize the brand or had just had it hanging around too long, or wants to draw people in by having a few "prizes" in the basket. A basket is just that, and anything can go in it.

This was an eBay find. I bought it because I liked the rusticstion and Cumberland stem. Figured it was a "basket" pipe but was a bit surprised when it arrived. It just seems very very well made. But I can find no other identifying marks other than the BAR R2. And I can't find any definitive info on those markings.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Did you get it? Sweet, whether basket or no.

 

[elessar]

Did you get it? Sweet, whether basket or no.

Yes sir. Arrived this morning. Did my normal sanitizing, although it was very clean, and will give it a test drive in the am.

 

[niblicck]

Report back on how it smokes. You made me pull out my best smoker that I still haven't figured out who made it and will probaly never know.

 

[snagstangl]

Its an early Brian Ruthenberg pipe.

 

[dmcmtk]

Its an early Brian Ruthenberg pipe.

Exactly correct. See also here,

Help ID Pipes :: Pipe Talk - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/help-id-pipes.79675/#post-36219779

 

[americaman]

it looks like a Wally Frank White Bar Estate Smoking Tobacco Pipe. I'll give you $10.00 and I'll pay for the shipping also.

I have a Wally Frank Algerian Briar pot, about a Group 6 in size. Great pipe.

OP, looks like you scored. What did you pay?

 

[elessar]

Its an early Brian Ruthenberg pipe.

That looks to be exactly what it is. I don't think I would have ever figured it out lol. The knowledge here never ceases to impress.

 

[elessar]

I have a Wally Frank Algerian Briar pot, about a Group 6 in size. Great pipe.

OP, looks like you scored. What did you pay?

I paid $17.50.

 

[snagstangl]

My knowledge is often pipephil based. This is a good example.

 

[bent1]

I paid $17.50.

SaWeet!

 

[BROBS]

I paid $17.50.

Bling bling ? ?