Quote Originally Posted by Alligator Gar View Post
That Quaint is truly amazing. Am I correct in believing my NB Barling is pre-transition?
Hi Jim,

The seller has a billiard listed that he likes better but I, too, prefer the Quaint.

All of the Barlings that I've given away are post-transition (> 1962). The post-trans pipes are comparable in quality to the better lines of GBD from the same era. The pre-transition pipes were (generally) better quality and are more expensive as estates.

If I give a pipe as a gift it's either a good smoker or I've never smoked it. If a pipe smokes poorly I will sell it or trade it accompanied by my opinion of it. Of course I've had guys take this as a challenge, believing that they can make my pipe smoke better than me. :yawn:

Pete