Polo Airmix Related to Civic and Cadogan, Help on History.

[kingart79]

Hello out there. This is my first post. I recently, like in March, bought my first "expensive" pipe since before that I've only smoked Dr. Grabows and corn cobs. That stupid Zulu Peterson stem broke twice already. Then someone told me used pipes are like used forks, when this whole time I was thinking it was more like kissing a bunch of pipe smoking men. So I started looking on epay and it was like finding hidden treasure. It's now an obsession, and one of the main things I love about it is the history of the pipe.
So to make a longer story, not as long, the first pipe I bought was a Polo Airmix. I can kind of trace the history of the carburetor pipe to Kaywoodie and I think I saw a brochure for Cadogan or Civic with one in it. But nothing about Polo. Anyhow, anyone have any knowledge on carburetor pipes and this one?

Thanks ya'll

 

[huntertrw]

According to Jose Manuel Lopes in his book titled Pipes - Artisians and Trademarks Polo was a, "English brand which initially belonged to Civic Co. and later moved to the Cadogan/Oppenheimer Group...". In Who Made That Pipe? Wilczak & Colwell identify Polo as a brand manufactured by W.P. Solomon / B. Pearlman & Co. of England, in addition to the Civic and Oppenheimer brand mentioned my Lopes. Unfortunately that is all I could come up with.
In addition to Kaywoodie, Dunhill also manufactured a carburetor pipe called the Airstream which, if memory serves, was introduced in the 1930s.

 

[kingart79]

That's what I was thinking Hunter, that it was produced around that era. And yes it does say Made in England on one side with the evil number 13 and the other side it says London Made. It smokes pretty good, looks pretty with it's red finish, has a carb in case I want to smoke weed out of it, and I heard JFK smoked out of it. It was a steal for $20.

 

[kingart79]

Why doesn't my picture show up? It's so impersonal. I think I rather talk to a wall than a no face pipe smoker. But isn't that the joy smoking a pipe and not knowing or knowing the history of where it's been.

 

[sablebrush52]

Why doesn't my picture show up? It's so impersonal. I think I rather talk to a wall than a no face pipe smoker. But isn't that the joy smoking a pipe and not knowing or knowing the history of where it's been.

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