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AlanS
11-02-2015, 03:42 PM
Found this recently, has seven pipes with it. Three have meerschaum liners. Asking price is $30 , pinch me!
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151102_102738_zps0pha0ncy.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151102_102738_zps0pha0ncy.jpg.html)
is that what your shippin me?????????????
WNYTONY
11-02-2015, 05:20 PM
So did you try to talk them down a little just to make it look good ? LOL
AlanS
11-02-2015, 05:43 PM
So did you try to talk them down a little just to make it look good ? LOL
Actually I offered to pay the shipping on top of that, saves 4 hours of driving.
Cardinal
11-02-2015, 06:34 PM
That's pretty cool, and can't go too wrong for that price.
AlanS
11-02-2015, 07:07 PM
Pic's kinda dark, but you get the idea.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151102_102818_zpshfnnupsj.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151102_102818_zpshfnnupsj.jpg.html)
pdq_wizzard
11-02-2015, 08:42 PM
Nice ! I wish I could come by one of those finds.
Nice ! I wish I could come by one of those finds.
ya quit droolin on the pics ...I dont want your droll on them when I get um
c.ortiz108
11-02-2015, 08:55 PM
Nice. Any idea what makes they are? At that price even Dr. Grabow seconds would be a bargain.
AlanS
11-02-2015, 09:44 PM
They land here Wednesday, for inspection and cleaning and more pic's.
They land here Wednesday, for inspection and cleaning and more pic's.
just forward it here ya got enough already
Desertlifter
11-02-2015, 11:10 PM
Nice pick up!
Cool Breeze
11-02-2015, 11:42 PM
Sweet.
Looking forward to an update when you get them.
Chad Vegas
11-03-2015, 05:09 AM
So did you try to talk them down a little just to make it look good ? LOL
Agreed, always good to haggle just to keep yourself & the seller on his toes.
AlanS
11-04-2015, 02:42 PM
I received these items this morning, and lack the expertise to recogize most as they appear to be near as old as me.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112144_zpshbazke3e.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112144_zpshbazke3e.jpg.html)
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112127_zpsh5sdjkjy.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112127_zpsh5sdjkjy.jpg.html)
AlanS
11-04-2015, 02:45 PM
First one is an Arthur Leonard, Bruyere Nature 9435 France
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112209_zps4rzjdwr9.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112209_zps4rzjdwr9.jpg.html)
Yello-Bole, Spartan
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112226_zpsonzckqed.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112226_zpsonzckqed.jpg.html)
Yello-Bole, Honeycured Briar
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112244_zpsjiyzdof4.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112244_zpsjiyzdof4.jpg.html)
Willard, Imported Briar
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112300_zps5vjieehx.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112300_zps5vjieehx.jpg.html)
AlanS
11-04-2015, 02:54 PM
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112324_zps4eeskhfw.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112324_zps4eeskhfw.jpg.html)
These two are Yorkshire, Meerschaum Lined Briars, Italy
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112402_zpswhdzkufv.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112402_zpswhdzkufv.jpg.html)
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112342_zps90nrno4t.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112342_zps90nrno4t.jpg.html)
47 KIKO Genuine Imported Briar, made in Tanganyika
Cool Breeze
11-04-2015, 03:41 PM
I have that exact pipe in the last photo in post #16, a straight stem Williard with a yellow dot.
It is a small bowled pipe and the perfect size for one flake of Escudo or PS Luxury Bullseye Flake. Almost like it was made for that.
I picked mine up when the Memphis flea market came to town for a whopping $10 and it is a fine smoker. You got yours way cheaper than that.
I cut the stinger off mine with a hacksaw because it was caked up so bad that the draw was extremely tight. Whatever it was had hardened in there and no matter how much vodka I soaked it in it would not come out.
That is a great haul man congrats.
GWBowman
11-04-2015, 08:28 PM
Good for you, Alan. I've seen pipe racks go for what you paid for the lot. Look who is the great hunter now.:hail:
Lostmason
11-04-2015, 09:28 PM
Sweet catch Alan.
I have that exact pipe in the last photo in post #16, a straight stem Williard with a yellow dot.
It is a small bowled pipe and the perfect size for one flake of Escudo or PS Luxury Bullseye Flake. Almost like it was made for that.
I picked mine up when the Memphis flea market came to town for a whopping $10 and it is a fine smoker. You got yours way cheaper than that.
I cut the stinger off mine with a hacksaw because it was caked up so bad that the draw was extremely tight. Whatever it was had hardened in there and no matter how much vodka I soaked it in it would not come out.
That is a great haul man congrats.
shine always soak in shine
Cool Breeze
11-04-2015, 09:35 PM
shine always soak in shine
The stuff in the mason jars doesn't get wasted cleaning pipes. ;)
most as they appear to be near as old as me. now stop that AlanS I seen you an thems ar lik new borns compared to you....I want that one right there what you want for it?????????.....
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The stuff in the mason jars doesn't get wasted cleaning pipes. ;)
no no ya drink it after soakin, adds flavor...
NeverBend
11-11-2015, 11:23 PM
First one is an Arthur Leonard, Bruyere Nature 9435 France
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112209_zps4rzjdwr9.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112209_zps4rzjdwr9.jpg.html)
Yello-Bole, Spartan
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112226_zpsonzckqed.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151104_112226_zpsonzckqed.jpg.html)
Alan, made me smile that you got these pipes.
Leonard's was one of the best West Coast shops. Fine people too. Your pipe is probably made by Butz-Choquin and sold under the store label.
I searched the Net to see if they were still in business and found this article:
Arthur Leonard's Pipe Shop, Portland Oregon (http://rebornpipes.com/2013/06/06/leonards-pipe-shop-portland-oregon/comment-page-1/#comment-16257)
There are inaccuracies in the article that I commented about there but it didn't appear (perhaps it will), so I'll re-post my comment here with the excerpted paragraph that I took exception with.
(inaccurate paragraph)
It is interesting that when the Barling family sold out, they called the Leonard shop and Arthur Leonard responded- – -buying every single Barling on hand at the time of sale so no inventory was acquired by the new owners (ending speculation that “Transition” Barlings were really older pieces acquired by the new owners)! Leonard did the same thing for the Sasieni family when they sold out!
(My comment):
With respect, I must take issue with the paragraph about the purchase of all Barling pipe stock by Leonard's when the Barling family 'sold out’ and any impact on the Transition period. Similarly about Sasieni as well.
Lou and Betty Leonard were customers of mine in the 1980s. When Lou learned that I collected Barlings he told me, “I bought all the Barlings that I could get my hands on" when he learned that Barling had been sold and that he’d bought close to 100 pipes.
Imperial Tobacco Group, through their subsidiary, Finlay, already owned a sizeable part of Barling when they took control in 1960 but Monte Barling and Williamson-Barling remained, at least, in some capacity for a couple more years. Finlay was Barling’s largest customer. Barling made thousands of pipes a week and they would have had a standing inventory of finished and in-process pipes of at least 5,000 if not (much) more. I know of no account of anyone buying up stock.
Most of the employees remained with Barling, at least initially, so that the quality of pipes made after Finlay took control remained close to, if not the same.
Lou was a wonderful man and I suspect that he heard of the sale and bought Barlings in case there was a change in quality. That change did occur but it wasn’t an immediate event. The Barlings that Lou bought had no effect on quality in the Transition Period. The drop in quality of Barling pipes gradually accelerated from 1960 until they stopped making their own pipes at all, instead purchasing pipes from Cadogan and Charatan to label as Barling.
Kennedy Barnes (Upshall) and I talked with Sasieni solicitors about buying all or part of the company in 1986 (we didn’t buy). Unlike Barling, Sasieni was going out of business and they did indeed sell off their pipes and I’d imagine that Lou bought many (he was a long-time customer) but they had thousands of pipes to sell.
You have a fine site but I think it would behoove you to edit this paragraph to reflect the truth, least the inaccuracies become embedded in Internet Folklore.
NeverBend
11-17-2015, 11:46 AM
I searched the Net to see if they were still in business and found this article:
Arthur Leonard's Pipe Shop, Portland Oregon (http://rebornpipes.com/2013/06/06/leonards-pipe-shop-portland-oregon/comment-page-1/#comment-16257)
My comment has been included on the site with this gracious response from the author (Reborn Pipes):
Pete thank you for your information. It is invaluable to the piece on Leonard’s. Thank you for taking the time to put this together and add it to the piece. I will add a reference to your added information as an addendum to the article. It will also remain with the article. Again thank you.