Quote Originally Posted by Alligator Gar View Post
And now I know what T.V.F. on my Barling stands for.
Hi Jim,

The following excerpt from a seller's description made me smile for it's understatement.

The country of manufacture stamping is “MADE IN ENGLAND.” with a period at the end, and it’s an EXEL size. It includes the TVF stamp, which means The Very Finest, and these early ones that had the stamp had it for a reason, they were above average.

A bit like saying that the Yankees run of World Series titles was above average. Can't say that this seller was making an overstatement.

TVF of course was a self made appellation but in their case it was usually just modest self acknowledgement.

Here's a link to the pipe referenced above.
Barling Pre-Transition Quaint

Pete