GBD

jjmitchem · Aug 18, 2018

One of the donated pipes I handed out is a GBD Volcano with "made in France" on the underside of the shank - 1653 on one side and the GBD logo with New York under it on the other side.
The new owner was asking about it, how old and such. I cant find that shape number anywhere - Any Help?

osiris01 · Aug 18, 2018

By the 60s, GBD had used over a 1000 different model numbers (I think it was closer to 1500). They used different numbers for the same pipe with different stems/finishes/grades etc. I've also found that the French pipes are less well documented (that may be, of course, that I read English documentation: my French being somewhat patchy).
I've not heard of this model, but an image would help considerably.
Cheers,
Geoff

ssjones · Aug 19, 2018

See this thread, there seems to have been a GBD/Kaywoodie connection in the past:

http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/gbd-kaywoodie-connection
My shape list is far from complete and new shapes show up every week on Ebay, and that is an example.
Can you post some pictures of the pipe and nomenclature?

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