Dating barling pipes
If Jesse sees this thread, he will likely offer his expertise. He's one of our regulars, "sablebrush52". The pipe was made sometime between April and November of These pipes appear in the th Anniversary Catalog with was issued around June of I think of them as Family era pipes.
In November of Barling issued a new catalog, the so-called dealer's catalog, wherein the new script "Barling"logo and new model lines were first introduced. I've never seen one. One constant with Barling is the inconsistency of their stampings. It's rarely the case, any more than the Box where there is one is original. The "COM" suffix was a special designation for pipes intended for Soviet export.
During the Cold War era, all manner of trickery and deception was used to defeat COMmunism, and one such tactic was by sending explosive and toxic pipes behind the Iron Curtain. Rumor has it that a 7-day set was sent to Nakita Kruschchev, and the resulting poisoning-induced mental instability was the real reason he was pushed aside by the Party in In short, I wouldn't smoke that pipe. Better to sell it to Jesse for a dollar or some other trivial amount so he can examine it in hand, and deal with it accordingly.
Jesse knows that Barlings aren't my specialty, but I'm sure he'll agree with my assessment of this situation. After all, public safety is everyone's 1 concern, right? Thanks so much, Jesse.
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Fantastic work on the Pipedia page. It's great to be able to put such an accurate period to it, and have my speculation confirmed. RSS feed for this topic.
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May 11, Barling Silver Spigot Billiard, Courtesy cellotonica.com . On that date, the Barling family sold their business to Finlay, their largest client. Sep 3, Posts about dating Barling pipe written by rebornpipes.
Montague steps down as President shortly thereafter, and Finlay brings in their own management. Finlay had been partially owned by the Imperial Tobacco Group long before it bought Barling. This they did in February of Imperial owned Barling starting in early To the extent that there is a "Transition" period, one that exists after the family is gone, it lasts for about months. The old definitions were based on incorrect assumptions and are just not an accurate depiction of the actual history.
More accurate to say "Family Era" vs "Corporate Era".
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All that said, Here's what I can say about your pipe. It was made between late and as it was certainly made in one of the two Barling factories. The factories where shut down around and the work was then outsourced to several other pipemakers, such as Charatan.
Judging from the shaping of both the bowl and the stem I'd put this at the earlier end of the range. I have several Barlings from this period and they are uniformly excellent performers. It should smoke like a champ. Jesse, what about my specific question about the King marking, if the answer is known?
But given the "King" included in the sizing chart, I see no reason to exclude it being used right from the get go. There's also the question regarding the use of the TVF stamp after the product line was revised. It's been assumed that it was dropped for a period of time, but I've found reason to believe that it continued to be used all along.
A recent eBay auction featured a pipe with a sterling olive with hallmarks fitted to a pipe with the revised stampings that also has the TVF stamp. Keep in mind that the hallmark only tells you when the sterling was assayed, not when the pipe was made, but it seems unlikely that the cap just hung around for years and years. Most likely is was use in late or So TVF could have continued to be used, as least some of the time.
I absolutely love your definition and segmentation of Barling's into Family and Corporate Era. Makes things very easy for newcomers into the hobby. Your questions having already been addressed, I will just add that you have a very nice pipe.
Different sources suggest different dates for each of these eras. But their catalogs, including the circa catalog, show a wide assortment of shapes including pages of bents, dublins, bulldogs, and other classical shapes. These stampings were added late in the company's family ownership, and would have simply been designated EXEXEL prior to the introduction of these size stampings. By looking at the label one can tell approximately when the box was made. I know for sure that they are not pre-trans, and would suspect that they are not transition era pipes, but that is the question, really. These bowls were fitted with exquisite sterling fitments of the highest quality. Another period term here, "pre-Nichols" http:
I love those old big bore English pots. This pipe will let you experience all the nuance of the great Balkan blends. If you like Nightcap's latakia punch, though, best not smoke it in this pipe. A bowl like your 's will tame it right down. RSS feed for this topic. Started 3 years ago by The Pipe Monk Latest reply from buroak. It takes patience to smoke a pipe. Unlike cigarettes and cigars, there is a certain amount of technique to smoking a pipe.
Where cigars and cigarettes can just be picked up, lit and puffed on, pipes require the development of a technique in order to get the best smoking experience. Hi Mike, I was also looking into the history and it confused me as the pipe's markings indicated both transition and post-transition period. I dont think I can afford pre-transition Barlings yet Cheers, Chris.