New Life for a Barling’s Garnet Grain Oval Shank 9001 Bent Billiard

Robert Benchley

(rebornpipes) The next pipe on the work table was purchased on Ebay in 2017 and came to us from Latgale, Latvia. 

The pipe is smooth, nicely grained Bent Billiard pipe with an oval shank and an acrylic, saddle stem. The pipe is stamped on left side of the shank and reads Garnet Grain. On the right side of the shank it is stamped England. On the underside of the shank it is stamped with the shape number 9001. The stem has the Barling Cross logo on the top of the saddle. There was a lot of grime and dust ground into the smooth finish. Continued