Educate Me on Comoy's Pipes
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Search for pipes with drilled (or multi-piece) C stem logos. Pipes with stamped or one piece C logos can be good, but you increase the odds of getting a great pipe by getting pipes made before the merger in '81-'82.
Tradition grade pipes are reasonable and offer a great experience. Blue Ribands are close to the top of the heap. I've never had a BR Comoy's so I can't comment on that experience.
The COM stamped changed over the era's. The Round "Made In London", then England under was used from the late 40's to the merger point and the most common. Use that and the drilled stem logo to date. Other variations of the COM were used in earlier pieces. I have several from the 1930's which are truly magnificent smoking devices.
Tradition grade pipes are reasonable and offer a great experience. Blue Ribands are close to the top of the heap. I've never had a BR Comoy's so I can't comment on that experience.
The COM stamped changed over the era's. The Round "Made In London", then England under was used from the late 40's to the merger point and the most common. Use that and the drilled stem logo to date. Other variations of the COM were used in earlier pieces. I have several from the 1930's which are truly magnificent smoking devices.
Note, Comoys pipe do not have wide open draws. So if that is your preference, look to other brands.
Fully concur, pepe'. 3-cut C = pre-Cadogan & thus unquestionably stellar quality. I've had at least a dozen of them & never a bad one. Ever. Full stop.
Oh, BTW, nm, just to clarify -- I've always preferred bents when it came to Comoy, but I've also owned a few mahvy straights, in particular a magNIFicent bulldog Pebble Grain I'd give my eye teeth to have back. -sigh-
So far I only have two newer ones French produced Comoys Traditions,pretty good pipes with no flaws to be found,and as stated above the draw is a bit on more restricted side compared to say Stanwells,
Pretty much what everyone stated above, look for a 'three piece' C logo.
Stay with the traditional lines, in the seventies the marketing department went nuts and started randomly introducing new lines of pipes pretty much willy nilly. A lot of these new lines were nice pipes, but they were coming at the end of the heyday and I tend to avoid them.
There are tons of good Traditions and London Prides out there for not much scratch, so if I were to want to sample the make that is where I would start (and London Pride pipes are actually quite high in the hierarchy). Get one with a stem that hasn't been chewed and you'll probably be OK.
The draw is tighter than what you would expect today from a artisan pipe, but pretty much in line with all pipes from the period and better than contemporary Kaywoodie or Dr. Grabow pipes.
I have had probably 300 Comoy's pipes pass through my hands, and keep about 15 in my rotation. What are you looking for in a pipe?
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Stay with the traditional lines, in the seventies the marketing department went nuts and started randomly introducing new lines of pipes pretty much willy nilly. A lot of these new lines were nice pipes, but they were coming at the end of the heyday and I tend to avoid them.
There are tons of good Traditions and London Prides out there for not much scratch, so if I were to want to sample the make that is where I would start (and London Pride pipes are actually quite high in the hierarchy). Get one with a stem that hasn't been chewed and you'll probably be OK.
The draw is tighter than what you would expect today from a artisan pipe, but pretty much in line with all pipes from the period and better than contemporary Kaywoodie or Dr. Grabow pipes.
I have had probably 300 Comoy's pipes pass through my hands, and keep about 15 in my rotation. What are you looking for in a pipe?
doc
"better than contemporary Kaywoodie or Dr. Grabow" -- Vastly so, yeah, even considering that most pipes from those two of that era were "drugstore pipes" like Medico. And, yeah,that is definitely a pejorative.
And laconic Jesse being the true Bard of Barling, his comment should be considered high praise indeed!
And laconic Jesse being the true Bard of Barling, his comment should be considered high praise indeed!
I've heard the old Comoys were fine pipes. I can't tell what's happened with the brand in recent years. The Iwan Ries catalog still has a logo with their Comoys that says "Comoys of London," but didn't they shift their production years ago to Italy or France? My favorite shape that I know about in the current offerings is the zulu, but I like the open draw of the Sav versions of that shape in the unfiltered series of Savs and Rossi's. ...did a pipedia check and didn't see any mention of a move from London. I did notice under the "Comoy seconds" heading that Britannia is one of their second brands; I have one of those, and it is not restricted in draw and is well above the price point I paid at the local (now closed) Tinder Box.
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