Barling Ruby 50 Activated Charcoal Filter 9mm (10x)
€4.74
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Product information "Barling Ruby 50 Activated Charcoal Filter 9mm (10x)"
The nostalgically royal design of the packaging alone takes the observer on a journey through time. When one closes their eyes, suddenly they see carriages circling Trafalgar Square and, after a short stroll through Soho, find themselves pressing their nose against the window of Benjamin Barling's shop to admire his masterful metalwork, with which he has embellished the Meerschaum pipes in his display...
Whether everything was better back then, we doubt, but a bit of nostalgia and daydreaming are part of life's small escapes.
If you gaze at the Ruby activated carbon filter for too long, your mouth will quickly start watering, but in addition to its truly appealing appearance, it also offers all the quality features one would expect from such a filter.
The paper sleeve, ceramic caps, and packaging are produced in Germany and assembled at Kopp Filters in the Franconian town of Ettenstatt.
Each box contains 50 ruby-red 9mm filters. Made and packed in Germany. Sold in 10-pack units.
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In 1812 the silversmith Benjamin Barling opened his small workshop in the elegant Marylebone district in London. There he adorned Meerschaum pipes for his customers with artful decorations. He received many awards for his work and soon was famous over the borders of London.
His handiwork was recognisable by his embossing ‘BB’. His sons William and Edward (embossing ‘WB and ‘EB’) soon joined their father. In the 1850s they expanded their range of products with briar pipes made in the French pipe capital of St. Claude. The expensive burl wood was quite the sensation for smokers, it was very heat resistant and had a very pleasant taste.
In 1906 the family started to produce their own pipes, to be able to control each and every step in the production. Barling even bought a holding in an Algerian briar business. Due to the very high production quality and the long matured briar, the pipes reached a legendary status. The in-house leather workshop produced cases for the pipes, made of crocodile leather and other materials.
The so called ‘pre-transition’ pipes achieve astronomical prices. In the most recent quarter a set of four pipes from 1900 was sold for 4000,- US Dollars.
1960 the era of the Barling family ended. Montague Barlin sold the company to their best customer, Finley. He stayed in the company as their operations manager until 1962. Only one year later Imperial Tobacco bought the company. Montague’s brother in law, Williamson Barling, managed the business until 1967, when he started working for Charatan.
1970 production in London ceased. All pipes were produced externally by Peterson and Erik Nörding, amongst others. In the course of time the brand name changed ownership a few times.
2020 Oliver Kopp managed to secure the name rights for Europe from E.A. Carey, and the name rights for the USA from Cem Muckenbrun, the owner of the old importer ‘James Norman’.
The family Kopp is very proud to add the oldest existing brand name in pipe history to their portfolio.
It will be our duty to let the legend rise again. We aspire to produce pipes of the highest quality in a simple, yet beautiful English design with delicate silverworks.
You will find additional information on pipedias website: https://pipedia.org/wiki/Barling