23,116
edits
Hydrostone and Resin Pipes: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
(Created page with "<center>'''Hydrostone and Resin Pipes. A Personal History'''<br> '''''Ben Rapaport,''''' '''October 2022'''<br> ''Exclusive to pipedia.org'' </center> Surfing the Internet re...") |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
I am not surprised to read a comment from someone who had visited Turkey in 1996: “Every pipe smoker leaving for Turkey surely wants to buy a meerschaum pipe, but one must be careful. The country is overflowing with second quality and fake meerschaum pipes” (“Smoking in Turkey,” alphanet.it). I can say with confidence that at least Turkish carver S. Yanik has been making rather-exacting reproductions of several antique meerschaum pipes illustrated in my book, ''Collecting Antique Meerschaum Pipes'', but he uses ''real'' meerschaum! | I am not surprised to read a comment from someone who had visited Turkey in 1996: “Every pipe smoker leaving for Turkey surely wants to buy a meerschaum pipe, but one must be careful. The country is overflowing with second quality and fake meerschaum pipes” (“Smoking in Turkey,” alphanet.it). I can say with confidence that at least Turkish carver S. Yanik has been making rather-exacting reproductions of several antique meerschaum pipes illustrated in my book, ''Collecting Antique Meerschaum Pipes'', but he uses ''real'' meerschaum! | ||
Now to pivot to resin pipes. Resin is a solid or highly viscous substance of plant or synthetic origin that is typically convertible into polymers, also described more specifically as synthetic phenolic resin, such as Redmanol or redolite and Bakelite. Remember the S. M. Frank, Medico, and Yello-Bole Brylon pipes, a combination of a resin and sawdust that were introduced in the 1960s? And let me not forget the Venturi (aka The Pipe and The Smoke) pipe made of pyrolytic graphite, another experiment in alternative pipe mediums that was somewhat popular in the 1960s–1970s. | Now to pivot to resin pipes. Resin is a solid or highly viscous substance of plant or synthetic origin that is typically convertible into polymers, also described more specifically as synthetic phenolic resin, such as [[Redmanol]] or redolite and Bakelite. Remember the S. M. Frank, Medico, and Yello-Bole Brylon[https://pipedia.org/wiki/Yello-Bole#Brylon] pipes, a combination of a resin and sawdust that were introduced in the 1960s? And let me not forget the Venturi (aka The Pipe and The Smoke (see [[Super-Temp]]) pipe made of pyrolytic graphite, another experiment in alternative pipe mediums that was somewhat popular in the 1960s–1970s. | ||
A new generation of resin pipes began to appear in the marketplace shortly after the hydrostone era. The resin pipe in this photo has been, without question, the most widely circulated and the most infamous fake … ever. My first encounter with it was when Christie’s, London, contacted me in October 1994 by letter asking about its authenticity. The letter read: “I enclose a photograph of the pipe, which is carved from amber and bears the signature Gustav Fisher Jnr on the bowl, and Gustav Fisher, Vienna, Exposition 1873 on the stem. I would very much appreciate any assistance you might give me with regard to its background, and especially any information on the maker.” | A new generation of resin pipes began to appear in the marketplace shortly after the hydrostone era. The resin pipe in this photo has been, without question, the most widely circulated and the most infamous fake … ever. My first encounter with it was when Christie’s, London, contacted me in October 1994 by letter asking about its authenticity. The letter read: “I enclose a photograph of the pipe, which is carved from amber and bears the signature Gustav Fisher Jnr on the bowl, and Gustav Fisher, Vienna, Exposition 1873 on the stem. I would very much appreciate any assistance you might give me with regard to its background, and especially any information on the maker.” | ||