From the condition of the stem in your photo, I would have to guess that the stem is Ebonite or Vulcanite because of the oxidation.
I'm wondering if maybe this pipe was made to be sold in a specific pipe shop. I have both a Savinelli and a Peterson that were made as "store branded" pipes. The Savinelli I have has the correct logo but is stamped "Bayou Tobacco" for example. (The Peterson has IRC (Iwan Ries Company) stamped on the stem.)
@Gpolly1 the stem looks like vulcanite. It will oxidize like that with time and use. A light polish usually blackens them back up. I could be wrong about it, but pretty sure that's what it is.
@Gpolly1 Rub the stem a few times between your fingers rapidly (no, really @vtgrad2003😬) if it smells like hot rubber, it’s vulcanite (also the tinge of tan/green oxidation attests to vulcanite), otherwise it’s acrylic. I agree with @vtgrad2003, @PappyJoe, I think it is a Savinelli 2nd, probably one of their Series I or II iterations.
Thank you everyone, you guys ROCK! @RockyMountainBriar, I think you're right, the stem does have a smell to it, but I like the fact that it's easier in my teeth, Thank you for the help!
@Gpolly1 With a little bit of elbow grease, you can make that stem shiny black again. Vulcanite/Ebonite is a softer rubber than acrylic and is easier on the teeth. On the other hand, the acrylic or lucite stems are harder plastic but doesn't oxidize.
I agree with what @RockyMountainBriar said...rub the stem between your fingers, rapidly, then up and down your ass crack, but slowly, then stick it in your right ear trying to avoid any waxy build up...after you do that, smell it and see if it has a 'hot rubber' smell, if it does, then your ass crack probably needs a good polishing. @PappyJoe suggests a 'little elbow grease' for that, and I would concur with that analysis.
How can you say that, I have a nicely polished ass crack, thank you!
Ear wax? Now that's another story!
It's @RockyMountainBriar fault, anyway; he left that door wide wide wide open...he left that door so wide open a 475 pound gender fluid non binary prostitute could have walked through it and not touched either door jamb!
@vtgrad2003; I really wish I had kept my comment to myself. I tossed a water balloon and you respond with a hand grenade. There are some things that cannot be unseen. I surrender!
i was trying to find a tool in the garage tonight and opened a cabinet I have out there and found these long lost tins. Sadly they are empty, but it sure as hell reminded me how great Frog Morton was and wish I still had some kicking around somewhere.
@Zouave; A few years ago I took a tin of "Captain Black" down from a shelf in my den. That shelf has maybe a dozen empty tins, some quite old. Thing was this one was unopened and forgotten about for 10 years. The top had expanded as if there was pressure built up. That was the best "Captain Black" I have ever smoked. That is when I started to store Tobac in mason jars. Don't know if I will be around in 10 years to enjoy them all, but it is worth a shot.
@vtgrad2003 That actually makes sense, since I bought it for $35 (euro). That defintely look like it, thank you! Also, I was wondering what kind of stem it was? I know, I ask too many questions! Thanks again!
@opipeman at the time I purchased the large tin of Westminster in there, I got two of them. One is still unopened and it's definitely bulging at the seams now. I'll have to look at the date on the bottom to see when I bought it.
@RockyMountainBriary father worked for the fire department for over 40 years. I remember as a kid going to see him at the station and they still had the old trucks that had the steering wheels in the back. That was a long time ago! 😬
@RockyMountainBriar, @Zouave; Many years ago Des Moines Fire Department had a tiller and I remember talking to a retired Fire Fighter that run the tiller. It's been a long time ago, but I think he told me that when they turned a corner that he had to steer in the opposite direction. I'd love to know if my memory is correct. I also knew the first driver of their first motorize engine. He had disabled lungs from breathing refrigerant vapors, according to his Mrs.
@RockyMountainBriar; Thanks for the memory verification. He was a cool old dude and his wife was a sweetheart. When those refrigerant vapors combine with flame they are converted to Phosgene Gas which was used as a war gas in WWI. As an aside, when I joined the department in 1966 we had 16 volunteer members and masks were still in the engine compartments in their original plastic bags. Your worth as a fire fighter was based on how much smoke you could eat. I could hang with them, but often lost my last meal barfing in the front yard. At that time most building contents were class "A" rated materials(wood , paper, cloth, etc.). Within a couple of years more and more contents were made of class "B" materials(plastics, synthetics, etc.) and were much more toxic. After the previous volunteer chief trained us on SCBA(Self Contained breathing Apparatus), I was the first one to start to use them on interior fires. The old smoke eaters called me a pussy and worse until they realized that I was getting in further and locating the base of the fire and extinguishing it. Their tactic of getting a few feet inside the door and waiting for the fire to come to them was suddenly obsolete. Now the department has over 50 full time members and three stations. Times they are a changing.
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I'm wondering if maybe this pipe was made to be sold in a specific pipe shop. I have both a Savinelli and a Peterson that were made as "store branded" pipes. The Savinelli I have has the correct logo but is stamped "Bayou Tobacco" for example. (The Peterson has IRC (Iwan Ries Company) stamped on the stem.)
Looks like Vulcanite to me. As @vtgrad2003 advised @KA9FFJ can say for sure. Remember I'm not usually much help.
Rub the stem a few times between your fingers rapidly (no, really @vtgrad2003😬) if it smells like hot rubber, it’s vulcanite (also the tinge of tan/green oxidation attests to vulcanite), otherwise it’s acrylic. I agree with @vtgrad2003, @PappyJoe, I think it is a Savinelli 2nd, probably one of their Series I or II iterations.
Thank you for the help!
With a little bit of elbow grease, you can make that stem shiny black again.
Vulcanite/Ebonite is a softer rubber than acrylic and is easier on the teeth. On the other hand, the acrylic or lucite stems are harder plastic but doesn't oxidize.
You are a nasty man, Brother
I really wish I had kept my comment to myself. I tossed a water balloon and you respond with a hand grenade. There are some things that cannot be unseen. I surrender!
Heck, I took the door off the hinges so you could get your GFNBP through….I was expecting something like that 😂😂
A few years ago I took a tin of "Captain Black" down from a shelf in my den. That shelf has maybe a dozen empty tins, some quite old. Thing was this one was unopened and forgotten about for 10 years. The top had expanded as if there was pressure built up. That was the best "Captain Black" I have ever smoked. That is when I started to store Tobac in mason jars. Don't know if I will be around in 10 years to enjoy them all, but it is worth a shot.
That actually makes sense, since I bought it for $35 (euro). That defintely look like it, thank you! Also, I was wondering what kind of stem it was? I know, I ask too many questions!
Thanks again!
Once you open it, I bet it will taste D-lish.
That is a really cool little engine. Never seen one like it before.
@opipeman
They made some really cool Willys Fire Engines. They get big bucks for them now, even in not so good condition.
I think it would be fun to own an old Engine and drive it in parades, if I were rich and 20 years younger.
I think it would be fun to be the “tiller man”? on one of those super long ladder trucks with rear steering.
Many years ago Des Moines Fire Department had a tiller and I remember talking to a retired Fire Fighter that run the tiller. It's been a long time ago, but I think he told me that when they turned a corner that he had to steer in the opposite direction. I'd love to know if my memory is correct. I also knew the first driver of their first motorize engine. He had disabled lungs from breathing refrigerant vapors, according to his Mrs.
Yes, turning the opposite direction would be correct to make a corner on the rear steering axel.
Refrigerant Vapors, bad juju.
Thanks for the memory verification. He was a cool old dude and his wife was a sweetheart. When those refrigerant vapors combine with flame they are converted to Phosgene Gas which was used as a war gas in WWI. As an aside, when I joined the department in 1966 we had 16 volunteer members and masks were still in the engine compartments in their original plastic bags. Your worth as a fire fighter was based on how much smoke you could eat. I could hang with them, but often lost my last meal barfing in the front yard. At that time most building contents were class "A" rated materials(wood , paper, cloth, etc.). Within a couple of years more and more contents were made of class "B" materials(plastics, synthetics, etc.) and were much more toxic. After the previous volunteer chief trained us on SCBA(Self Contained breathing Apparatus), I was the first one to start to use them on interior fires. The old smoke eaters called me a pussy and worse until they realized that I was getting in further and locating the base of the fire and extinguishing it. Their tactic of getting a few feet inside the door and waiting for the fire to come to them was suddenly obsolete. Now the department has over 50 full time members and three stations. Times they are a changing.
One from last year about this time north of New Bern at a cabin on one of the branch rivers for the Neuse river