graybeard68
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Post by graybeard68 on Mar 30, 2019 13:23:58 GMT -5
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graybeard68
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First Name: Nick
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Post by graybeard68 on Mar 30, 2019 13:29:10 GMT -5
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 30, 2019 14:08:44 GMT -5
I've never seen anything like that before. Are you going to smoke them?
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graybeard68
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Post by graybeard68 on Mar 30, 2019 15:14:12 GMT -5
I've never seen anything like that before. Are you going to smoke them? No, most likely sell them. I bought a large pipe collection as a estate sale and these were part of it. I can't find any info on them. |
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Post by unknownpipesmoker on Mar 30, 2019 17:36:31 GMT -5
I was going to say that these are specialty, handmade pipes most likely originating from the Armenian diaspora in the Balkan Peninsula. However, I am now almost certain that they are of extraterrestrial origin. Good luck.
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Post by trailboss on Mar 31, 2019 0:46:34 GMT -5
I am not sure if this would raise the print better...but.... Lay a thin piece of paper and shade it with a pencil, see if you can lift the stampings. My Bearded Meer is undoubtedly from the 1800's and it has the same drilling as yours...instead of the traditional airway with the single hole where the stem meets the bowl, it has five holes....like yours does in this pic.     I am not sure if that suggests that the drilling is specific to that time, but as a Guess, I would suspect so. Ben Rappaport is probably about the best guy to ask, but he is older than dirt and pretty crusty. If you are on Facebook ask him for a valid email address and take it from there...he gets kinda pissy. www.facebook.com/tobaccopipeartistory/ |
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graybeard68
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Post by graybeard68 on Mar 31, 2019 2:10:30 GMT -5
trailboss Thanks for the help and info. I appreciate it! What a cool pipe you got there!!
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Post by jpberg on Mar 31, 2019 17:19:53 GMT -5
I’m not joking here, but I have a salt and pepper shaker set from the late 40’s that look a lot like those.
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Post by trailboss on Mar 31, 2019 17:34:45 GMT -5
I’m not joking here, but I have a salt and pepper shaker set from the late 40’s that look a lot like those. The first thing I thought when I got my Meer but the holes are on the wrong end of the bowl...😜 I am guessing that these predate Briar, no chance of a burnout in the bottom of the bowl, a slurping pipe smoker might have a rust out though. |
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graybeard68
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Post by graybeard68 on Apr 1, 2019 7:18:41 GMT -5
I’m not joking here, but I have a salt and pepper shaker set from the late 40’s that look a lot like those. The first thing I thought when I got my Meer but the holes are on the wrong end of the bowl...😜 I am guessing that these predate Briar, no chance of a burnout in the bottom of the bowl, a slurping pipe smoker might have a rust out though. LOL you may be right, thanks again for the help! trailboss I also got a very old meer' from that collection with a metal disk with 4 holes in it which was sitting in the bottom of the bowl like yours. It also had a tablespoon of unsmoked tobacco balled up in the bottom of the bowl. The meer' is one of those stacked extra large Austrian types with the metal/silver flip wind cover. If I get time to pull it out of storage I'll post it up here. Thanks again! |
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