Latest Pipe Purchase 2023

Mr Beardsley · Wed Mar 15, 2023 8:12 pm

So I finally found one in a late 50's catalog chart. Shape 70 and I have no idea what the 1 in front of it designates. Lol

Silver · Wed Mar 15, 2023 9:52 pm

Sharp Stanny! Do I see the bottom of the crown over the S on the stem?

Mr Beardsley · Wed Mar 15, 2023 10:41 pm

Silver wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 9:52 pm Sharp Stanny! Do I see the bottom of the crown over the S on the stem?

Thanks! I'm really stoked with it. I wiped the stummel down (with toothpaste) to remove the grime and then waxed it because it came clean so easily. If the flame treatment works on the stem I won't be sending it anywhere. Thinking I may wipe over the logo with some mica pigment, I have pure pearl white, and whether the crown is there or not ill seal the white in with clear super glue

The stummel after about 5 minutes of work

Silver · Wed Mar 15, 2023 10:53 pm

Lookin' great!

Mr Beardsley · Wed Mar 15, 2023 11:44 pm

Silver wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 10:53 pmLookin' great!

Thanks! It's shaping up to be quite a score for $21

MikeDennison · Thu Mar 16, 2023 3:20 am

Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 10:41 pm
Silver wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 9:52 pm Sharp Stanny! Do I see the bottom of the crown over the S on the stem?
Thanks! I'm really stoked with it. I wiped the stummel down (with toothpaste) to remove the grime and then waxed it because it came clean so easily. If the flame treatment works on the stem I won't be sending it anywhere. Thinking I may wipe over the logo with some mica pigment, I have pure pearl white, and whether the crown is there or not ill seal the white in with clear super glue

The stummel after about 5 minutes of work

That's a beauty, sir!

rekamepip · Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:06 am

Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 7:30 pm OK so this one was a purchase that I shouldn't have made but I did get it dirt cheap thanks to horrible ebay seller pictures and it being somewhat rough. Kind of an odd one, doesn't line up with the stanwell shape charts that I can find. Stanwell registered era, best make, select briar, 170 and as the pictures show a no crown S on the stem. This one may actually go out for a professional resto

Nice Pipe !
Should clean up purdy

Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:01 am

Silver wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 9:52 pm Sharp Stanny! Do I see the bottom of the crown over the S on the stem?

No, you see the tool mark of the letter press.

Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:02 am

Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 8:12 pm So I finally found one in a late 50's catalog chart. Shape 70 and I have no idea what the 1 in front of it designates. Lol

That's a shape 170. Don't try to convince yourself that pipe is on that chart.

Mr Beardsley · Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:07 am

Tsal wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:02 am
Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 8:12 pm So I finally found one in a late 50's catalog chart. Shape 70 and I have no idea what the 1 in front of it designates. Lol
That's a shape 170. Don't try to convince yourself that pipe is on that chart.

No, the 170 is a Rhodesian in every chart they've ever published.