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Post by trailboss on Oct 14, 2017 21:03:15 GMT -5
Well it feels like I helped a couple come together... A few months back, I bought this Partially rusticated Canadian from SP, and as with my other WO Larsen's, I love this pipe...almost 7 inches and 52 grams.  As I was leaving our pipe club meting, I decided to look at the pipes in the case before I paid my beer tab. I looked quickly went to walk away, and the attentive worker asked me if i had seen the consignment pipes...I had looked right past them, but then I saw this unsmoked WO Larsen....5.25 inches 44 grams.    |
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Post by papipeguy on Oct 14, 2017 21:09:07 GMT -5
Sweet looking pipe. Congrats and enjoy.
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Post by scrooge on Oct 14, 2017 21:30:42 GMT -5
What are the chances of that. Congrats!
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Post by crapgame on Oct 14, 2017 21:48:29 GMT -5
nice nice!
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Post by puffy on Oct 14, 2017 22:16:00 GMT -5
Really Nice..They belong together
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Post by orley on Oct 15, 2017 7:02:31 GMT -5
Really beautiful pipes! Congrats!
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Post by Darin on Oct 15, 2017 7:33:57 GMT -5
Glad you took a second gander ... congrats! They certainly make a lovely couple.  |
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Oct 15, 2017 8:12:51 GMT -5
...great pair...Enjoy!
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Post by oldcajun123 on Oct 15, 2017 9:21:54 GMT -5
I have a big WO Larsen Billard and it is one of my best smokers, yours are quite lovely.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 15, 2017 10:07:48 GMT -5
Thanks guys, I smoked some pirate Kake in the older one this morning, an afternoon smoke will inaugurate little brother!
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Post by Artistik on Oct 15, 2017 13:57:57 GMT -5
Excellent!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2017 16:44:07 GMT -5
Congrats & Enjoy. It would be interesting to try a blend that is new to you and see if there are smoking differences between the two.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 15, 2017 22:42:40 GMT -5
Congrats & Enjoy. It would be interesting to try a blend that is new to you and see if there are smoking differences between the two. Not a bad Idea.... unfortunately, I probably have to exorcise the pirate Kake ghost first though. |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Oct 15, 2017 23:45:09 GMT -5
Cool pipes, Charlie. Really dig the figuring on that first one. Congrats on your find.
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Post by antb on Oct 16, 2017 2:07:27 GMT -5
Love all of those Larsens of yours, Charlie! Great pipes.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 16, 2017 9:47:58 GMT -5
Larsen had quite a run of great carvers work in the shop, Sixten Ivarsson, Sven Knudsen, Poul Rasmussen, Brakner, “Former” Nielsen, Teddy Knudsen, Tonni Nielsen, Jess Chonowitsch, Peter Hedegaard, Soren Refbjerg Rasmussen, Benni Jorgenson. Ole Larsen was the founder: pipedia.org/wiki/W.%C3%98._Larsen I have absolutely no idea when or who made my two pipes, could have been after the son ran the company into the ground.... people more knowledgeable than me say that only after handling thousands of Larsens can a serious collector tell, even then, they often have to ask the carvers themselves. Mine are all stamped "handmade in Denmark"... the newest one has a double stamp...weird.  Now they have white ink on the stems....   I have read that is you see the "smoker in the chair", them are the highest grade.. pipesmokersforum.com/community/threads/w-o-larsen-grading-help.46957/  I am going to take all my Larsen's to the WCPS and see if by chance, I can get any more info...it doesn't really make a difference, but it would be nice to know. Kind of an interesting publication where you can see some examples of a few of the individual carvers. www.danishpipemakers.com/pdf/wo2.pdf |
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Post by GRUMPY on Oct 16, 2017 15:03:19 GMT -5
 Pretty,pretty,pretty, I like very much. Great catch!
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Post by Darin on Oct 17, 2017 9:13:06 GMT -5
Three days later and this song is STILL in my head ... thanks a lot Charlie!
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Post by trailboss on Oct 17, 2017 9:29:29 GMT -5
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Post by Zach on Oct 17, 2017 12:01:39 GMT -5
A very nice find, Charlie. About 2 months ago a friend on another pipe forum who's a big collector, ended up getting a good looking freehand I think it was that was somewhat Dublin/volcanoish in shape. Long story short, it was something like $130 he got it for on ebay and it was one of the armchair stamps, and it was made by Jess Chonowitsch. Pipe is worth over $1,300 and he got it on ebay.
A great set you have there, and I like those shapes quite a lot.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 17, 2017 13:38:31 GMT -5
A very nice find, Charlie. About 2 months ago a friend on another pipe forum who's a big collector, ended up getting a good looking freehand I think it was that was somewhat Dublin/volcanoish in shape. Long story short, it was something like $130 he got it for on ebay and it was one of the armchair stamps, and it was made by Jess Chonowitsch. Pipe is worth over $1,300 and he got it on ebay. A great set you have there, and I like those shapes quite a lot. Now that is a story with a happy ending!  Do you know if that armchair stamp was showing on the Ebay posting? |
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Post by trailboss on Oct 17, 2017 13:40:37 GMT -5
Three days later and this song is STILL in my head ... thanks a lot Charlie!
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