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     Dov Wiseman Member Username: Dov_of_the_galilee Post Number: 72 Registered: 09-2007 |
OK lads , here's my dilemma: I have a picture and the model number of a particular Stanwell that I am looking for to add to my collection but I can't find one anywhere. Doing a search looking for #85 brings up many shapes but not the one I'm looking for. The information from the pipe reads : STANWELL REGD. NO. 969-48 SELECTED BRIAR 85, on the other side it states Handmade in Denmark. Any ideas?  | ||
| Todd Bannard Member Username: Sasquatch Post Number: 697 Registered: 05-2006 |
I don't know how helpful it is, Dov, but the Stanwells bearing the Registration number (and probably marked StanweLL with the letters real small in the middle?) are quite old, like, late 60s kinda thing, from what I understand. So that pipe is not a current model at all, and may have been out of production for 50 years, to be honest. I've got a freehand of this vintage. It's a lovely pipe. | ||
| Dov Wiseman Member Username: Dov_of_the_galilee Post Number: 74 Registered: 09-2007 |
That is helpful Todd and it kinda supports what I was leaning towards in my own search. I saw model numbers of this sort coming up from the fifties and I was wondering if this was long done in. It's a handsome shape to my eye and I regret not being more aggressive in my bidding but I had a number of auctions going at the time and I lost it. | ||
| scott lamberson Member Username: Joepipesmoker Post Number: 1 Registered: 09-2009 |
Don the shape looks like the #243 featherweight to me try looking here http://www.charlespipes.com/store/1883931/product/STFrs243 | ||
| Dov Wiseman Member Username: Dov_of_the_galilee Post Number: 77 Registered: 09-2007 |
That's a handsome pipe Scott but it's not the one. The one you mention I would term as a tear drop bottom where as the one I'm after is like an egg with a stem. I do appreciate the suggestion though~ Dov | ||
| Todd Bannard Member Username: Sasquatch Post Number: 699 Registered: 05-2006 |
Lorenzetti features a *similar pipe. http://www.lorenzettipipe.com/prodotti.php?t=12 Not identical, but they do make a decent pipe. |