Family Era Barling’s Make YOW Straight Grain 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.

This might just be the nicest Barling I’ve had the pleasure of selling (or, put otherwise, the nicest Barling I’ve had to say goodbye to). If you’ve read our guide to dating Barling pipes, you’ll know that this is a “pre-transition” or “family era” Barling, meaning it was made during the time that the Barling family both owned the Barling make and made Barling’s Make pipes. So, it’s a pipe made some time before the end of 1960 and, judging by the saddle stem, some time after the Barlings filed a patent for such in 1936. As evinced by the stamping, it’s not just a Barling with straight grain but a Straight Grain grade Barling, which was the highest grade during the family/pre-transition era.

The condition is great, with just a little bit of darkening on the lip of the chamber and some finish fading on the rim. The stamping, for those interested, is as follows:

BARLING’S (arched)
MAKE
YE OLDE WOOD    T.V.F.
STRAIGHT GRAIN

and

MADE IN
ENGLAND

Of course we want our customers to be the most informed out there, so we’ve written a comprehensive guide to dating Barlings. 

https://www.mbsdpipes.com/dating-barling-pipes-a-three-step-guide/

 

Details:

Length: 5.6″ / 142.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.81 / 20.57mm

Bowl Depth: 1.35″ / 34.29mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 46g