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misterlowercase

misterlowercase

Lifer
May 31, 2012
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...I was watching this pipe,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ESTATE-PIPE-KAYWOODIE-SUPER-GRAIN-5439-DEEP-BLAST-RELLY-NICE-OLD-PIPE-/161355529549?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=cg2cNz60Om68ctmBvn%252FpAfc0aXg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
...it looks awesome, but I think it's actually rusticated?
It's either one of the most perfect blasts I've seen,

or one of the finest examples of a rusticated fauxblast I've ever seen.
Is this an old pipe,

or a newer one?
I'm glad it was 57g and 7" that put it outta my sweet spot,

otherwise I would have been bidding intensely.

 
pruss

pruss

Lifer
Feb 6, 2013
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Mytown
I agree, that's definitely rusticated, and nicely done.
The four digit shape code puts stummel manufacture in between 1929 and 1939 if I'm reading the pipephil timeline correctly.
The stem is problematic. No logo? No insert for the stinger? And the bend in the back third near the button is a flourish I've not seen on a Kaywoodie.
My conclusion? A lovely home renovation project on a good old burner.
-- Pat

 
misterlowercase

misterlowercase

Lifer
May 31, 2012
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Thanks Pat,

that's what I thought.
I wonder if this was one of the Made in England Kaywoodies?
If it really is an old one, who in the hell was doing rustication of that high caliber?!?!?!?

I've never seen another done so well, especially on an old pipe!

 
mso489

mso489

Lifer
Feb 21, 2013
41,210
60,459
Great faux blast, if that's what it is. Kaywoodie currently does a stinger-less -- no drinkwell screw-on stem --

blast pipe in its Saxon line, and the stem is fair quality, not chewy plastic. When you can find them, they

sell for next to nothing, less than thirty bucks, and smoke well. Had to refrain from buying another, but I

have aplenty pipes already.

 
misterlowercase

misterlowercase

Lifer
May 31, 2012
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Yeah, it's usually obvious, but in this case I was eyeballing that thing somethin' fierce because Kaywoodie could put out some mean blasts...
...I think they did it with a tumbler type of machine?
Alotta rusticated pipes end up being mis-listed as blasts...
...what about a sandblasted meerschaum?

:lol:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Weber-Sandblast-Tobacco-Pipe-/181455048201?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a3f904e09
I'm glad somebody finally got around to blasting some grain outta that seafoam stuff!
(edit)

:oops:

oops, that ain't a meer izzit?

Damn white briar!

Nevermind.

 
ssjones

ssjones

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May 11, 2011
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Bill Feuerbach does a tumbling process with his new POY and Hand Made lines. I think blasting is also part of the process. I have a 2005 POY and Andy C commented on the process he uses (Docwastson).
Someone got a nice four digit KW pretty cheap!

 
misterlowercase

misterlowercase

Lifer
May 31, 2012
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Have the old 4 digit Woodies always commanded high prices?
Or is this a more recent trend?
This old Thorn displays some of their great blastwork...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TRUE-RARITY-1930-s-Kaywoodie-THORN-Super-Craggy-Blast-CANTED-BIT-DESIGN-/390852970113?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5b00a70681&nma=true&si=cg2cNz60Om68ctmBvn%252FpAfc0aXg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

:!:

 
ssjones

ssjones

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Some shapes and pipes really bring the bucks. I was surprised this one went as high as it did, but the shank logo pipes (particularly in that shape), can surprise you. The stinger was cut off this one, which usually cuts into the value to the collectors.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PRE-1936-KAYWOODIE-BULL-MOOSE-LOGO-ON-SHANK-SUPERB-RARE-ESTATE-PIPE-COLWRIGHT-/380937694188?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58b1a7ebec

$_12.JPG

This one has been relisted several times @ $110 and has the four-hole stinger intact.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=151353946668

$_57.JPG


 
cynyr

cynyr

Part of the Furniture Now
Feb 12, 2012
646
113
Tennessee
Old Kaywoodies increased right when I got interested in them! :x
Those chubby pipes don't show up that often, so they go for surprising prices. But a prohibitive price for me might not be so bad for you. Those old '30s KWs are good pipes - I have yet to find a fill in the dozen or so that I have bought.
I agree with Lonestar, that pipe is rusticated, but judging from the nomenclature layout, it was in some way rusticated from the factory. As Pruss opined, maybe some artisan applied that beautiful carving later - it doesn't look like any stock job I have ever seen.

 
mikestanley

mikestanley

Lifer
May 10, 2009
1,698
1,126
Akron area of Ohio
I believe, of the older pipes, only the Thorn and Relief Grain are sandblasted. Four digit shapes with the on shank clover logo, now those can really command lofty (for "drug store pipes)prices.
Mike S.

 
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