*laughing* I think my dad would like knowing that they will bring pleasure to others. But as his daughter, I was not about to take up smoking them either.
They were so much a part of my dad’s life that I could not simply discard them. Steve, I want to thank you again for accepting my dad’s pipes. I asked her to also send me an email with a brief tribute to her Dad. Note in each of them that he is holding a pipe in his left hand. She also sent some photos and an article that her Dad wrote for Jeff and me to be able to get a feel for him. The pipe that I am working on is clearly a Charatan shape and the Made in England stamp is also a Charatan stamp.īefore I get on to cleaning up the pipe I thought I would once again include the tribute that Jennifer wrote to her Dad for the blog. It appears that the brand was carved by Charatan for Tinderbox. When I looked on the Pipedia website there was a tie between Charatan and the Tinderbox Unique brand ( ). Jeff took photos of the top and underside of the stem showing the scratching, oxidation and light tooth damage to the stem surface and slight wear to the edges of the button.
Under that it was stamped Made in England. On the underside of the shank on a smooth panel it read The Tinder Box arched over Unique. Jeff took photos of the stamping on the underside of the shank. Jeff took photos of the sides and heel of the bowl to show the condition of the finish – the grime and grit in the grooves of the sandblast. The third photo shows the lava flowing down the outside of the bowl leaving a thick dark ring around the outside of the bowl. It was thick and hard but hopefully it had protected the rim and edges from damage. Jeff took photos of the bowl and rim top to show the cake in the bowl and the lava build up on the edges of the bowl. There was some tooth chatter and bite marks on both sides at the button. The stem was worn looking with a lot of deep oxidation and scratches in the vulcanite on both surfaces. We won’t know what is under it until Jeff had cleaned it off. The lava overflow on the rim but it could very well have protected the rim from damage. The bowl had a thick cake that had hardened with time. The finish looked intact under the grime. This petite looking Tinderbox Unique Calabash with a flat rim top appeared to be in good condition underneath the grime and oxidation on the bowl and stem. When the box arrived from Jennifer, Jeff opened it and took photos of each pipe before he started his cleanup work on them. I have included two she included from this pipe. Jennifer took photos of the pipes she was sending. It had been sitting in boxes for a lot of years and it was time to move ahead with the restoration. There was a thick cake in the bowl and it had overflowed with lava was dirty and tired looking. The stem was badly oxidized with tooth marks and chatter on the top and underside near the button. It had a rich reddish brown stain but it was dirty and hard to see the colour well. It has some beautiful mixed grain on the bowl sides and shank. The next pipe I chose to work on from the lot was an interesting Calabash Shaped sandblast pipe stamped The Tinderbox Unique over Made in England pipe with a saddle stem. Once he had finished cleaning them all he sent them to me to do my work on them. With some great conversation back and forth she sent the pipes to Jeff and he started the cleanup process on them.
We talked about the organization I work for that deals with trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and their children and she decided that would be a great way to carry on the charitable aspect of her Dad’s character. The only requirement she had was that we give a portion of the sales of the pipes to a charity serving women and children. Here is the catch – she did not want to sell them to me but to give them to me to clean up, restore and resell. My brother Jeff and I have been picking up a few estates here and there, so I was interested. I received an email from Jennifer who is a little older than my 64+ years about whether I would be interested in her Dad’s pipes. You may not have read about this estate before, so I will retell the story. The next pipe on the worktable is from the estate of George Rex Leghorn. Once again time to get back to Jennifer’s Dad’s pipes.
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