Courtley pipes

frennchy11

Part of the Furniture Now

Dec 28, 2011

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• Apr 5, 2012

• #1

Has anyone ever heard of them? I couldn't find much on them. I do know that the pipe I have from them is most likely over 50 years old.

 

frennchy11

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Dec 28, 2011

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• Apr 5, 2012

• #2

Well it was my great grandfathers and from what I have seen online it might be from London but that's all I know

 

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Lifer

Jan 16, 2012

2,042

690

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Eatonville, WA

• Apr 5, 2012

• #3

Detailed Pics Please. This is cool we could have a long lost pipe maker on here.

 

frennchy11

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Dec 28, 2011

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• Apr 5, 2012

• #4

I'll get some up in a bit I'm in class right now. This is pretty cool though

 

frennchy11

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frennchy11

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Dec 28, 2011

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• Apr 5, 2012

• #6

Those are the best I can do with my camera phone.

 

frennchy11

Part of the Furniture Now

Dec 28, 2011

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• Apr 5, 2012

• #7

Imported briar but that's all it says

 

frennchy11

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Dec 28, 2011

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• Apr 5, 2012

• #8

That's what I thought but I saw somewhere that it could have been made in London

 

maineyachtie

Can't Leave

Aug 14, 2010

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• Apr 5, 2012

• #9

Not a bad looking pipe for a near no-name.

 

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Lifer

Jan 16, 2012

2,042

690

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Eatonville, WA

• Apr 5, 2012

• #10

Courtley was a male mail order magazine from the early to mid 40's. They sold a wide variaty of items from shaving kits to pipes to cologne. So i would assume they had a number of pipe carvers that never got the credit for the pipes and they range from $20(Estate) to $70(New). From what I could find. The company went under with the U.S. entering WWII.

 

frennchy11

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Dec 28, 2011

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• Apr 5, 2012

• #11

Any ideas on how to get rid of an oxidization on a stem without using a buffing wheel?

 

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Lifer

Jan 16, 2012

2,042

690

46

Eatonville, WA

• Apr 5, 2012

• #12

Micro mesh.

 

frennchy11

Part of the Furniture Now

Dec 28, 2011

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• Apr 5, 2012

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Stupid auto correct lol but I will give that a go this weekend.
Edit: I fixed them for you. L ::

 

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Lifer

Jan 16, 2012

2,042

690

46

Eatonville, WA

• Apr 5, 2012

• #14

Use multiple grades of micro mash and it will shine right up. Start with the loest number grit and work your way up to the highest number grit. Once done you can put carnuba wax on it and buff it up good.

 

jvandy77

Starting to Get Obsessed

Apr 1, 2012

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• Apr 5, 2012

• #15

Ha, I also have a Courtley. Very large and great smoker!!

 

ichbinmuede

Part of the Furniture Now

Feb 17, 2011

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• Apr 6, 2012

• #16

Mystery solved! It was an "economy" line put out by Custombilt.

Hope that helped.

Oh and this ad piece is from Rogers Imports Catalog, 1957.

 

ulrich

Starting to Get Obsessed

Jan 25, 2012

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Toronto

• Apr 6, 2012

• #17

Mystery solved! It was an "economy" line put out by Custombilt.

Click to expand...

Beat me to it! I had a hunch it was related to Custombilt. Very identifiable style haha.

 

frennchy11

Part of the Furniture Now

Dec 28, 2011

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• Apr 6, 2012

• #18

That makes a lot of sense! The other pipe I got was a custombilt and it has the same distinct rustification. Thanks for the help guys!

 

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Lifer

Jan 16, 2012

2,042

690

46

Eatonville, WA

• Apr 6, 2012

• #19

Man if I could get some pipes at those old prices. Heaven.

 

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pipepages

Lurker

Apr 29, 2012

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• Apr 29, 2012

• #20

Hello-
First post here. Just wanted to point out that if you enjoyed seeing the page from the Rogers catalog, do take a minute (or more!) to visit my site, Pipepages which has hundreds of old pipe catalogs scanned and indexed.
Best,
Chris Keene