Post #580255 by TorchGuy on Mon, Mar 14, 2011 7:19 AM

Here's my Kirsten pipe display. I spotted this (1930s?) wooden wall shelf at a junk shop and immediately knew what I'd do with it. The "Kirsten" marque was trimmed from a brochure.

Noted:
1- Horizon (small quarter-bent) silver, brown mouthpiece, vintage 'staghorn' meerschaum Billiard bowl.
2- Esquire (small full-bent with pedestal) black, gray mouthpiece, extra-large Dynasty bowl.
3- Designer (large full-bent with pedestal) 1970s vintage. "Heritage" tarnished-silver, brown mouthpiece, plateau 'Danish freehand' bowl (one of approx. 100 custom one-offs). This pipe belonged to Paul Reasoner, original owner of the now-closed Southcenter Mall (Tukwila, WA) Tinder Box, and is engraved with his name.
4- Vintage 1930s-40s 1st gen. straight Kirsten (no o-rings) with 1969 Missouri Meerschaum bowl.
I smoke all but the 1st. gen. model.

5- Briar Mandarin, smooth finish.
6- Same with black sandblast outside and dark smooth top.
7- Mandarin, dark red-brown, deeply carved with sharp outer edge, vintage early 1970s.
8- Dynasty, smooth finish with rough sandblast patches. Large.
9- Columbus, smooth finish with rough black sandblast patches. Large.
10- Bulldog, smoothed sandblast with smooth ring and smooth inward-sloped top. Large.
11- Tulip (shape is no longer produced) vintage 70s, light brown smooth, inward-sloped top. Small.
12- Tulip, same vintage, darker smooth with black carved crosshatching. Large.
13- Bavarian (shape no longer produced) smooth finish, vintage 70s.
14- Billiard (shape no longer produced) black smoothed sandblast with light, smooth top.
15- Vintage 1969 Missouri Meerschaum corncob bowl, Billiard shape.
16- Very dark brown, heavily carved Billiard - original bowl from the 1st. gen. above.
17- Vintage early-60s 'staghorn' meerschaum, Columbus. Been smoked a few times, hoping to color it.
18- Same details as 17 but stippled 'staghorn', Mandarin.
A, B, C, D, E- Spots waiting for bowls.

If I get one or two tiki-themed bowls, they'll go on those holders where the meers are - I'll move the meers up top since I'm hoping to get one or two more eventually. Spot A on the main shelf is waiting for another briar I don't have, such as a Brandy, or a vintage shape like a 'Midway'. The chains on either side are from clocks hanging above. My collecting rooms aren't tiki, poly-pop or mid-mod per se (and photos probably won't end up here - don't want to put much non-tiki stuff on a tiki board) but they ARE jammed with stuff, so wall space is at a premium, hence the hooks keeping the weight chains aside so I could shoehorn this display in there. I like having everything Kirsten-related on this one compact display.

[ Edited by: TorchGuy 2011-03-14 17:38 ]