Collection

[alanchrz]

My grandfather smoked pipes for 74 years. In his passing, my mother collected his pipes. Lately I've started to build pipes and here are the two collections together. The five lined up on the left side of the picture are mine (the two pieces of wood are the soon-to-be's).

Thanks for looking! As usual, comments and questions are welcomed.

 

[Rob_In_MO]

Holy Crap! Is that a MM Bulldog Cob in the upper-right hand corner?
Probably not, just dreaming.....

Either way - nice collection, dude!

 

[Kyle Weiss]

There's some cool old shapes in that lot, for sure. 8) Are the brands of any note, or are they drugstore/basket pipe/no-names? At this perspective, I see what could be Grabow spades on a few...

 

[alanchrz]

To be honest, I'm not sure what good brands are for anything pipe related. I'm still quite green in the 'activity' -not sure if that's the most appropriate word. I'll look through them and see what names I can still make out, most of them have been quite heavily used and seem to have been put away wet. If I can, I'll go ahead and post pictures of them individually as well.

Related topic-- Because I am still new to this, would these be worth cleaning up and and refinishing? If so, what would be the best approach?

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Related topic-- Because I am still new to this, would these be worth cleaning up and and refinishing? If so, what would be the best approach?

*shrug* Sure. Any pipe that isn't physically damaged can likely be brought back to life (and even then, there's experts that can repair broken pipes). "Refinishing" isn't probably necessary, but a good coat of carnauba wax would bring the briar back to life, and there's a ton of threads here on BoB about stem refurbishment that might do you some good. They may need a good reaming and the stems soaked to be free of tars, but beyond that, just a wax and a getting some of that oxidation off the stems and you probably have some nice ones in there. 8)

 

[alanchrz]

Holy Crap! Is that a MM Bulldog Cob in the upper-right hand corner?

Looking at it, I can make out the name Kaywoodie White Briar. Sorry it's not your elusive MM Bulldog Cob!

 

[alanchrz]

This will be a long one- Just a heads up!

Here is a picture of each pipe with what label markings I can see on them.

1

Kaywoodie White Briar

2

Dunhill London

3

Sir John

4

Kaywoodie

5

Weber

6

London Royal

7

Arlington

8

Westbrook Dr. Grabow

9

Royal Ascot

10

Schulte's

11

Kaywoodie Silver Grain

12

Scotsman's Delight

13

Old England

14

Yello Bone

15

Champion

16

Schulte's

17

Redonian De Luxe

18

Kaywoodie

19

Markings aren't legible

20

Signature

21

Schoenleber

22

Frank

23

Kaywoodie Flame Grain

24

Knob Hill

25

Unmarked

26

Wally Frank

27

Kaywoodie

28

Medico, with date July 25, 1933

29

'The Pipe'

30

Label is too worn to read

31

Missouri Meerschaum Corn Cob

32

Missouri Meerschaum Corn Cob

33

Kaywoodie White Briar

34

Dreadnaught

35

Denville

36

Sculptural Dr. Grabow

37

Kaywoodie

38

Schoenleber

39

Mountbatten

40

Kaywoodie



Again, I'm not very well educated on pipe brands. That being said, I've done my best with limited knowledge. Hope this helps whoever may be interested!

 

[Harlock999]

Cool collection.
Your grandfather definitely enjoyed his pipes!

 

[Kyle Weiss]

I liked the "Dreadnaught" the best! They're all cool, though. What's with the "DEN" on the Dunhill? Your granpap's initials?

 

[alanchrz]

The 'DEN' is only half of it.. The other half of the pipe says 'ETHEL'

Ethel Den ..? It's scratched into the surface. Not sure if it's a name or has other meaning.

 

[kieveryuu]

I like all of the canadians however the Sir John, the Scotsman and the Old England are the pipes that really stand out to me.

Nice collection.

 

[Ocelot55]

Clean up the Dunhill the best you can. Its a shame it has markings on it. Some of the Kaywoodies that are in good shape can also be worth a little money. I've seen White Briars go for as much as $60 and as little as $5. I also think the Mountbattan might be worth a little: $30-$50 in good shape.

 

[George Kaplan]

I had to cringe a bit when I saw the markings on the Dunhill. Depending on how deep they are, you might be able to sand it down and re-finish it. Lovely collection. Kaywoodie was once THE pipe maker, worldwide. There are a lot of folks that like 'em, but also a lot of pipes in circulation. At one point, they out-sold all other manufacturers combined!

 

[ejames]

Both of your Grabows are RJ Reynolds coupon pipes. Grabow made several lines that were only available through RJR. The Westbrook was probably the most popular of the coupon pipes. The triangular shanks are kinda rare. The Sculptura was the only sandblasted pipe available through RJR. Any Sculptura is rather rare today.

 

[itsKot]

A little off track, but I'll ask it anyway... Is that amboyna burl you plan on carving?

 

[alanchrz]

Yes it is Amboyna burl. I figured I'd take a stab at another wood..

 

[alanchrz]

Is that amboyna burl you plan on carving?

Yes it is Amboyna burl. Figured I'd take a stab at another wood.

 

[ginince]

IT SEEMS THAT U LIKE THE ENGLISH STYLE~~