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Post by johnlawitzke on May 18, 2019 21:24:25 GMT -5
This beautiful, once smoked(!) post-transition Barling Straight Grain Presentation Bulldog arrived several days ago. I'm not counting this pipe as a Chicago Show purchase even though I first saw it there. Since it is both post-transition and my first Barling, I first did some research into it. After doing some Googling plus exchanging e-mails with Barling guru sablebrush52, I learned that Presentation was the high end post-transition Barling line. While other lines were made in the Cadogan factory, the Presentation line was hand made in the Charatan factory. Based on dates that I saw, this would be the Lane-era Charatan factory. After doing my homework, I reached out to the seller, made a deal, and bought the pipe. I knew from seeing it, that it had been barely smoked. After receiving it and cleaning it, I realized that this pipe had only been smoked once.    |
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Post by johnlawitzke on May 18, 2019 21:26:13 GMT -5
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Post by johnlawitzke on May 18, 2019 21:27:06 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2019 21:46:35 GMT -5
WOW, what a beautiful grain on that briar. The stamping is extremely crisp. Hope you enjoy that beauty for many years of smoking pleasure 👌👍👍
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2019 21:48:18 GMT -5
Congrats and Enjoy. Even the logo is intact.
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Post by puffy on May 18, 2019 21:55:46 GMT -5
Really Pretty Pipe
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Post by trailboss on May 18, 2019 22:05:26 GMT -5
Nice!
Jesse was my go to guy to find out the history on my post transition, not as nice as yours by any stretch, but it gets regularly smoked.
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Post by sablebrush52 on May 18, 2019 22:25:11 GMT -5
John,
I'm really happy that you bought that pipe, and I'm even happier that you're happy that you bought that pipe!
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Post by papipeguy on May 19, 2019 7:38:38 GMT -5
Absolutely stunning. Happy Smoke Rings.
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Post by Legend Lover on May 19, 2019 7:45:35 GMT -5
Congratulations on the new addition to your collection. It looks stunning. The grain is remarkable.
Enjoy it for many many years to come.
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Post by pepesdad1 on May 19, 2019 7:46:41 GMT -5
Outstanding score, John...enjoy it for many years!!
Great to have sablebrush52 as a resource!!
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Post by william on May 19, 2019 13:07:10 GMT -5
That is truly a beautiful pipe.  |
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Post by LSUTigersFan on May 19, 2019 13:09:36 GMT -5
I LOVE these old pipes. I have one pre-trans Barling with about the same amount out logo still on the stem. I fact, I think I need to throw some LBF in it and take it for a walk.
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Post by monbla256 on May 19, 2019 18:28:15 GMT -5
Now THATS'S a Bulldog! The only Barlings I have are the two EXEXEL Ye Old Woods one a straight sb bulldog similar to yours and the other a tapered bit Apple that my father bought in London back in1946. yah for oil cured Algerian briar! I've enjoyed mine these past 40 + years as I'm sure you will yours ! 
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Post by sablebrush52 on May 20, 2019 2:12:18 GMT -5
Now THATS'S a Bulldog! The only Barlings I have are the two EXEXEL Ye Old Woods one a straight sb bulldog similar to yours and the other a tapered bit Apple that my father bought in London back in1946. yah for oil cured Algerian briar! I've enjoyed mine these past 40 + years as I'm sure you will yours ! The only pipes that Barling made that were even partially oil cured were the Guinea Grain range, and the purpose of that oil was to increase the contrast of the grain. All other Barlings were air cured. Barling's literature went so far as to state that they avoided all such methods of speeding the curing process because they considered such methods artificial and inferior to air curing. Algerian briar, yes, through 1954. Oil cured, no. |
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