Well, I thought that knew every possible Comoy's Rhodesian variant, but this 286 was completely foreign to me. It was advertised without the shape number, so I had to wait a week to see exactly what I had. I'd not heard of this shape nor seen it. Google only yielded a few old Ebay ads and one Asian collector site. The 284 is pretty uncommon (and hotly contested). This 286 seemingly less common (but oddly ignored on the ebay auction)
This one was rode hard, but came out very serviceable, but with plenty of character. The bowl interior and stem fitment is great, I'll take the maiden voyage smoke tomorrow AM.
This one makes a great rack mate to my 284 (so I assume the 286 is the saddle stem version). I did not find this shape on any Comoy's chart, nor in any of my scanned literature.
Full details and pictures here:
https://rebornpipes.com/2018/07/13/comoys-286-london-made-discovered/
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Stablemates
This one was rode hard, but came out very serviceable, but with plenty of character. The bowl interior and stem fitment is great, I'll take the maiden voyage smoke tomorrow AM.
This one makes a great rack mate to my 284 (so I assume the 286 is the saddle stem version). I did not find this shape on any Comoy's chart, nor in any of my scanned literature.
Full details and pictures here:
https://rebornpipes.com/2018/07/13/comoys-286-london-made-discovered/
Before:
After:
Stablemates
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