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=== The case for some Pre-war BBBs having been made by LHS === | |||
From a thread on the [http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/bbb-made-by-lamph-stern-co PipesMagazine.com] by Dave Gossett: | |||
Here is a BBB that was possibly made by LHS. I hope the BBB collectors chime in with any information. There are too many similarities to just be coincidence. Besides the fact that LHS pipes are great burners, the scarce information and mystery surrounding L&H Stern piques my curiosity of this extinct American pipe maker. | |||
<center><gallery widths=450 heights=250px> | |||
File:BBB(LHS)1-Superfine32.jpg|Suspected LHS made BBB, stamped BBB Surperfine shape #32 | |||
File:BBB(LHS)5-Superfine32Stinger.jpg|BBS Superfine Stinger Details | |||
</gallery></center> | |||
Besides having the look and feel of an LHS, It is stamped Superfine, also the name of an LHS model. It has a stinger identical to LHS pipes of this era. They both have the two piece aluminum fittings in the stem/shank connection. The stem has a pale blue dot surrounded by a silver circle, the same as an LHS Warwick. The model number stamping is the same font used on LHS from the 1920's through the 1940's. | |||
<center><gallery widths=450 heights=300px caption="Nomenclature details"> | |||
File:BBB(LHS)2-BBBSuperfine32Nomenclature.jpg|BBS Superfine Nomenclature | |||
File:LHS PostwarSuperfineNomenclature Dave13.jpg|LHS Superfine Nomenclatuer (1920's-1940's) | |||
</gallery></center> | |||
<center><gallery widths=450 heights=275px caption="BBS and LHS Stinger and stem details in comparison"> | |||
File:BBB(LHS)6-StingerComparison.jpg|From top to bottom: BBB Superfine, LHS Certified Purex, LHS Silver Circle (The patent number on my Silver Circle dates to 1924) | |||
File:BBB(LHS)4-LHSWarickDetails.jpg|LHS Warwick Details, courtesy [http://pipephil.eu/ Pipephil] | |||
</gallery></center> | |||
Ludwig Stern moved his pipe factory to Brooklyn,NY in 1920. Louis Blumfeld opens an American branch in New York around 1914 according to Pipedia. These two pipe makers were practically neighbors in the 1920's. | |||
<center><gallery widths=400 heights=200px caption="BBS Superfine and LHS Purex Superfine in comparison"> | |||
File:BBB(LHS)7-Superfine32.jpg|BBS Superfine #32 | |||
File:BBB(LHS)8-LHSSuperfine.jpg|LHS Purex Superfine | |||
</gallery></center> | |||
'''Editors Note:''' You be the judge and form your own conclusions, but it is compelling evidence, to be sure! If you have any further details that might present an argument pro or con please add them here, or send them to sethile.pipes@gmail.com, and I can add them for you. --[[User:Sethile|sethile]] ([[User talk:Sethile|talk]]) 09:35, 5 June 2016 (EDT) | |||