Barlings Make Ye Olde Wood Fossil 225 L TVF Sandblasted Bent Billiard 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.

The ‘Fossil’ was the name adopted for sandblasted pipes during the later family era of Barling’s Make pipes. These distinctly craggy sandblasts would become one of the reasons for Barling’s renown, and would inspire countless carvers – perhaps most famously, America’s J.T. Cooke – to emulate such finishes. This one is a perfect example of why those carvers found Family era Barlings to be so inspiring. Despite being on the smaller size – as early briars typically were – it shows off some wonderfully craggy, ring grain sandblasting all around its bowl.

The condition is very good. There is some rim darkening and finish fading, but for a pipe of its age, it has been preserved very nicely.

 

Details:

Length: 4.8″ / 121.9mm

Bowl Width: 0.72 / 19.81mm

Bowl Depth: 1.46″ / 37.08mm

Weight: 0.7oz / 22g