Why Are There (Almost) No Pre WW2 Vauen Estate Briar Pipes And German Estates Pipes in General Available?

[Dshift]

I would be interested in the 1900-1918 time period.
It seems to me this te period had very beautiful designs and silverbands and army mount were very common.
I saw a post ww1 Vauen catalogue, but xouldnt find anything earlier...

Ok that’s actually very useful information because I see army mount Vauens extremely rarely

 

[Dshift]

Oh wow the Vauen pipedia is so bare….

 

[Celius]

Ok that’s actually very useful information because I see army mount Vauens extremely rarely

Oh I ment for this time period in general. Not sure if this mounts were made by Vauen.

I rechecked the displayed catalogue of Vauen and it might actually be from pre ww1.
It doesnt mentions the white dot at all, which was introduced in 1911...

Estervals Pipe House

www.tecon-gmbh.de

 

[Dshift]

Oh I ment for this time period in general. Not sure if this mounts were made by Vauen.

I rechecked the displayed catalogue of Vauen and it might actually be from pre ww1.
It doesnt mentions the white dot at all, which was introduced in 1911...

Estervals Pipe House

www.tecon-gmbh.de

Ok I have checked the catalog you linked plus some German pipe books I have at hand.
For now I can tell you that you should be looking for the white Vauen stamp on the vulcanite stem - this is definitely a mark of this early period. In addition to that, horn stems and slim silver rings were also indicative of that era and also similar stamps to these ones but without the abreviations if are looking for pre war pipes

 

[Dshift]

I think I am getting 4 or 5 other books this weekend and I will update you if there is something in there.

 

[Celius]

I think I am getting 4 or 5 other books this weekend and I will update you if there is something in there.

Much appreciated!

 

[woodsroad]

Sorry, but thats one of the dumbest comments I have read.
How is that related to pipe collecting, espacially German Empire and WW1 era pipes?
Which the term "Pre WW2" encompasses.
But even if it would be about estate pipes from 1933-1945, this is a pipe forum, and there is nothing wrong about discussing estate pipes.

Congratulations. You are now the diviner of all things stupid. You do seem to have a special gift for it.

(FWIW, your title said Pre-WWII. WWII arguably began in September 1939. The Nazi confiscations began in 1933.)

 

[Dshift]

Congratulations. You are now the diviner of all things stupid. You do seem to have a special gift for it.

(FWIW, your title said Pre-WWII. WWII arguably began in September 1939. The Nazi confiscations began in 1933.)

I think the guy just meant that your comment was not relevant to this thread. Although he admittedly put a bit too much grit in the way he conveyed that.

 

[woodsroad]

I think the guy just meant that your comment was not relevant to this thread. Although he admittedly put a bit too much grit in the way he conveyed that.

Gotcha.
I know how much we are sticklers here for not letting threads drift.

 

[OverMountain]

Possibly just smoked to death, discarded, and replaced.

What’d they use to say- wear it out, patch it up, use it up, or something to that effect?

 

[greeneyes]

I've met two types. The spooky and the evil. Either they have a certain aesthetic that likes grim and dark things. And some collectors seem to just be waiting for it to come back into fashion and want to get a jump on their goosesteps.

 

[anotherbob]

I can't speak to Germany, but everyone I've ever met stateside who collected Nazi memorabilia was batshit crazy.

Lemmy from Motorhead collected such things and yeah he's great but also was weird as heck.

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I remember that movie. I also remember feeling like it was vastly different then I expected it too be. Also felt like a lot of it's commentary went over a lot of the viewing publics heads.

 

[Dshift]

Here is one of the boxes, in which the pipes were sent to the fronts

 

[Briarcutter]

Here is one of the boxes, in which the pipes were sent to the frontsView attachment 423187

That's not something you see every day.

 

[greeneyes]

That's not something you see every day.

Amen to that.

 

[Celius]

Here is one of the boxes, in which the pipes were sent to the frontsView attachment 423187

Many such original sets are for sale on the internet. I asume this were mass produced sets. Quality is probably not the greatest.
Unfortunatelly nothing like that is available for the time period of german empire/ww1.

 

[woodsroad]

Smoking Nazis is best done with an artillery barrage, not a set of pipes.

 

[greeneyes]

Smoking Nazis is best done with an artillery barrage, not a set of pipes.

You can "smoke" a Klansman too.

 

[woodsroad]

Pol Pot Snuff!
A Pinch in the Nose Beats a Bag on the Head!

 

[Dshift]

@Celius
I think one of these pipes is what you are looking for. The condition quite rough though…
Konvolut 4 stück Pfeifen VAUEN, Short Snorter,Und Andere Marken. | eBay.de - https://ebay.us/m/Fhekr8