Junk store find
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Medico is an old inexpensive 'drugstore' filtered pipe brand similar to Dr Grabow. 8)
PS: I have not had any luck at all with finding estate pipes locally. Have searched through easily 12 antique shops and hundreds of flea market booths and tables. Bumming out here! But I will not give up.
PS: I have not had any luck at all with finding estate pipes locally. Have searched through easily 12 antique shops and hundreds of flea market booths and tables. Bumming out here! But I will not give up.
Nice find! Many of those "drugstore" pipes were solid briar with durable stems. At the time, in the fifties for
example, the filtering systems were a competitive edge introduced to distinguish a pipe and make it outsell
the competition, when pipe smoking had a wide following, maybe in the tens of millions. Today, many of the
Medico and Yello-Bole offerings are made of the synthetic Brylon which came into use in the sixties. There
are still new Medico and Yello-Bole pipes made out of briar with push bits available, but you have to hunt for
them. Brylon isn't widely recommended, but several Forums members recommend it for hard use, such as
working in fire reclamation sites and other rough situations. To find a Medico unsmoked is unusual I would
think. They were a consumer item, buy 'em and pack 'em.
example, the filtering systems were a competitive edge introduced to distinguish a pipe and make it outsell
the competition, when pipe smoking had a wide following, maybe in the tens of millions. Today, many of the
Medico and Yello-Bole offerings are made of the synthetic Brylon which came into use in the sixties. There
are still new Medico and Yello-Bole pipes made out of briar with push bits available, but you have to hunt for
them. Brylon isn't widely recommended, but several Forums members recommend it for hard use, such as
working in fire reclamation sites and other rough situations. To find a Medico unsmoked is unusual I would
think. They were a consumer item, buy 'em and pack 'em.
My wife (bless her heart) went on a hunt at a few antique stores to find a Dunhill, Pete, Sav for me for Christmas.she knows nothing of pipes, but in her kind nature found an old round six pipe desktop rest that the shop owner threw some grungy pipe in with it to get rid of them I guess. No eureka pipe but out of the five I was able to clean and moderately restore to nice enough smokers. The star of the show was a Digby (gbd second) square shank billiard with an excellent drilling, the stem however has some deep indents and a poor buff job, but is an excellent smoker. A nice enough Woodie with stinger intact, same thing with the stem.
A Grabow/Viking x over. And a Falcon that cleaned up rather nicely. I have had but one bowl in it, it smokes nicely, but, I personally do not have the attraction to them as others do. I may be selling or trading the falcon and Vike soon enough.
A Grabow/Viking x over. And a Falcon that cleaned up rather nicely. I have had but one bowl in it, it smokes nicely, but, I personally do not have the attraction to them as others do. I may be selling or trading the falcon and Vike soon enough.
Ha ha! flintlockjohn, I'm on it 
I love my Jet Streams. I bid on them whenever they come up on ebay.
romeowood has a huge collection of them.
I love my Jet Streams. I bid on them whenever they come up on ebay.
romeowood has a huge collection of them.
@ Htmn...I just reread the OP and realized your question was about Jet Stream and not Medico. The rest of the posts taught me something too, thanks.
Here's a 1960 ad for Medico pipes with a Jet Stream listed for $3.95. That's just about what I paid for my last one.
In inflation adjusted dollars that $3.95 equates to about $30.00 in today's money.
In inflation adjusted dollars that $3.95 equates to about $30.00 in today's money.
I love my Jet Stream as well. I had read they smoke hot, but I think that guy just didn't know how to puff. Mine smokes just fine and is a nice unique shape that is comfortable to hold. If i remember, I will link a pic when I get home.
Nice Score!
Nice Score!
I got the better of an antique store last week, I scored a nice Butz Choquim versailles 1658, it pretty much looks like a Canadian. It was one of those finds where you aren't looking for a pipe, you've said you aren't buying anymore pipes because 30 is enough and you don't even smoke them all, but damnit, that's one nice pipe and for 15$ you just wouldn't sleep well thinking about it after if you never bought it.
Then where I really got them was on a Boker King Cutter 5/8 straight razor in pretty much mint condition. The only thing wrong with it is one of the scales are cracked in half, so I'm just going to order a pair. Going from the stamp it's from 1920-1930, the case it was in looks old and worn, and then to see what was inside this mint razor with only a cracked in half handle, so this desperate "as is" price for 20$. Now seeing them online selling for over 100$ in nowhere near as good shape I'm laughing. Plus it came shave ready, shaves like a dream, I'm going from a gold dollar to this, and man is there a difference you can feel.
Then where I really got them was on a Boker King Cutter 5/8 straight razor in pretty much mint condition. The only thing wrong with it is one of the scales are cracked in half, so I'm just going to order a pair. Going from the stamp it's from 1920-1930, the case it was in looks old and worn, and then to see what was inside this mint razor with only a cracked in half handle, so this desperate "as is" price for 20$. Now seeing them online selling for over 100$ in nowhere near as good shape I'm laughing. Plus it came shave ready, shaves like a dream, I'm going from a gold dollar to this, and man is there a difference you can feel.
I picked up 2 Medicos at my local B+M. A varsity volcano and a husky dublin that are great smokers once I removed the varnish cover, they got a little hot before removing it. Both are rusticated and nice and light in the clench. I hope to find some estate Medico pipes in the future.
My current rotation includes an old Frank Medico, a Finsbury II and my favorite Jet Stream with a bent stem.
If these were my only three pipes I'd be quite satisfied. Next week it'll be three others though.
If these were my only three pipes I'd be quite satisfied. Next week it'll be three others though.
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