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Notice that beneath of the bowl, just above the  "34 ", we have a star. It's the kind of detail that makes us crazy. As they were markings for internal control, we have no external registers, which makes our understanding difficult. In these cases, we count on records made by curious people who had contact with someone from the production figure or when they were visiting at the factory.
Notice that beneath of the bowl, just above the  "34 ", we have a star. It's the kind of detail that makes us crazy. As they were markings for internal control, we have no external registers, which makes our understanding difficult. In these cases, we count on records made by curious people who had contact with someone from the production figure or when they were visiting at the factory.
[[File:20190611-WA0032.jpg|center|600px| pic by Daniel Orso]]
[[File:20190611-WA0032.jpg|center|600px| pic by Daniel Orso]]
After research and conversations with several people, we find a common place for this issue. It is pacified among the most experienced that it is the same marking used in the line D.R. (Dead Root), i.e, it is about qualification of the grain. At first we was sceptical, because we did not see a plausible reason to rusticate a briar of a beautiful grain like those used in the series D.R. even because it would have another market value. But in conversation with Jesse Silver (respected member of the community), came to light a question:
<blockquote><q>Stamps are sometimes added after staining and before the final polish. And once in a while, that final polish reveals a flaw just below the surface. If the flaw is big enough, the stummel gets sandblasted.</q></blockquote>
It seems quite reasonable and plausible. We can conclude that: the star, it seems to us, comes to point out that the pipe has the grain differentiating. But if it's a sand-blasting rusticate, what difference does it make? With proper polishing, the grain comes to light printing an odd configuration to the work-piece.
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Revision as of 15:02, 17 October 2019

Nomenclatures


About the Star

In the following image we will see an interesting example. We have a Thanshell, confectioned in briar extracted in the west of the Italian Peninsula, southern Corsica, Sardinia; Shape 34 with F/T (fishtail) stem; manufactured in mid-66 (ENGLAND6); Group/size (2); T-Tanshell, first cousin of the Shell, but clearer. The first batch was manufactured in 1952. The prototype was called "Root Shell ", produced in 1951.

Notice that beneath of the bowl, just above the "34 ", we have a star. It's the kind of detail that makes us crazy. As they were markings for internal control, we have no external registers, which makes our understanding difficult. In these cases, we count on records made by curious people who had contact with someone from the production figure or when they were visiting at the factory.

pic by Daniel Orso

After research and conversations with several people, we find a common place for this issue. It is pacified among the most experienced that it is the same marking used in the line D.R. (Dead Root), i.e, it is about qualification of the grain. At first we was sceptical, because we did not see a plausible reason to rusticate a briar of a beautiful grain like those used in the series D.R. even because it would have another market value. But in conversation with Jesse Silver (respected member of the community), came to light a question:

Stamps are sometimes added after staining and before the final polish. And once in a while, that final polish reveals a flaw just below the surface. If the flaw is big enough, the stummel gets sandblasted.

It seems quite reasonable and plausible. We can conclude that: the star, it seems to us, comes to point out that the pipe has the grain differentiating. But if it's a sand-blasting rusticate, what difference does it make? With proper polishing, the grain comes to light printing an odd configuration to the work-piece.


Contributed by Yang Forcióri Yang (talk) 07:29, 17 October 2019 (CDT)