Barling’s Make Family Era YOW 307 EL Lumberman Estate Briar Pipe, English Estates

Description

Barling and Sons was originally founded in 1812 by Benjamin Barling and began as a family business making silver-adorned meerschaum pipes. In the early 20th century, however, the Barling family began to produce what the brand is today most famous for – expertly made briar pipes.

Here we have a lovely, lightweight lumberman from the venerable Barling’s Make. It is a “family era,” or “pre-transition,” Ye Olde Wood which, as is summarized in our Barling Dating Guide on the main MBSD hub, means that it was made by the Barling family during their ownership and management of the make. This is evinced by the Barling’s Make nomenclature and three digit shape code. As with another Barling we had in recently, this one is beautifully cut, having been turned so that each of the bowl’s sides is covered in bird’s-eye grain.

The condition is good. There is some wear to the rim, including darkening and a few spots of char on the top lip of the chamber, but the pipe is nonetheless nicely preserved for its age.

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Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 1.69″ / 42.92mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 32g