RARE Burl King Partially Blasted Plateau Top Tobacco Pipe W/Thumb Hole. GORGEOUS.

Beautiful and Rare Burl King Large Plateau Topped  tobacco pipe with a Partially Sandblasted Texture, covered in absolutely Gorgeous Straight grain and an excellent contrasting finish.

Chamber is in great lightly smoked condition.

Original Fancy vulcanite stem is Jet black and Chatter Free.

It's a natural Sitter, with a flat area under the bowl and feet...Cool

Also, it has a handy thumb hole, you know, in case you get tired, or are a known Butterfinger.

A Remarkably Unique and Rare pipe in Outstanding overall smoked condition.

Little information is Available about Burl King. It  can be confirmed that it was at one time a pipe used for promotion of Borkum Riff tobacco, you could mail in a coupon and receive the pipe, and the return address was Sparta, N. C., which indicates it may have come from the Dr. Grabow / Sparta Industries plant.

Some “Burl King” have been marked made in Israel, so it was likely made by the Shalom Pipe Factory, though apparently distributed through Sparta Industries. The box shipped for 50 cents and the return address said “After 5 days return to P. O. Box 21882 Greensboro, N. CC. 27240.” So apparently these pipes were made by Shalom, but distributed for Borkum Riff by Sparta Industries.

Others have indicated Burl King pipes were also made by Wally Frank.

Clean and Shiny, ready to smoke.

Overall length: 6 3/4"

Bowl height: 2 11/16"

Bowl width: 1 11/16"

Chamber depth: 2"

Chamber diameter: 13/16"

Stem: Vulcanite

Filter: none

Weight: 3.12oz.

Made in Several different places depending on the time.

* Chamber is in lightly smoked condition with No Scorching, Ghosting or Rim Darkening.

* Stem is Jet black Vulcanite with Zero chatter and it fits the pipe Ferrule snuggly.

* Cleaned inside/out and buffed with Carnauba wax