I came across an old KB&B - are they of any note? It's actually a neat little pipe. Like a miniature Bing with a nice blast.
KB&B?
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KBB turned into Kaywoodie and they are very collectable. I'd suggest going to Pipephil.eu and Pipedia.org Tons of information.
Kaufman Brothers and Bondy.
They made Kaywoodie, Yellow-bowl, etc.
The KB&B pipes I think are circa 1920's-30's. There are guys on here that know much more about them than I do.
Did you grab it?
http://kaywoodie.myfreeforum.org would probably be a good resource to check out.
They made Kaywoodie, Yellow-bowl, etc.
The KB&B pipes I think are circa 1920's-30's. There are guys on here that know much more about them than I do.
Did you grab it?
http://kaywoodie.myfreeforum.org would probably be a good resource to check out.
Actually it's my wife's grandfather's that I've cleaned up and used a few times. It's a good smoker. I've used some obsidian oil on the stem and it looks good. I used something for briars - Decator? that did not do as well as I had hoped. Any suggestions to restore the exterior of the briar wood?
It has the clover leaf looking stamp and the white circle on the stem. Family history would place it around 1900 to the 20's to my best guess.
I read this on Seattle Pipe Club's site - is it good advice? Stem looks great already. Briar is actually OK but I would love to bring it up to a newer appearance.
Remove what's left of the old varnish with an acetone soaked cloth. Then evenly stain and polish the pipe. Apply the Tung Oil, using several light coats. Finally, use our loose buffing wheel to apply a light coat of carnauba wax. Remember, despite what the reps may tell you, the varnish is applied under the wax, not over it. The best varnish available to the tobacconist is Formby's Tung Oil.
Remove what's left of the old varnish with an acetone soaked cloth. Then evenly stain and polish the pipe. Apply the Tung Oil, using several light coats. Finally, use our loose buffing wheel to apply a light coat of carnauba wax. Remember, despite what the reps may tell you, the varnish is applied under the wax, not over it. The best varnish available to the tobacconist is Formby's Tung Oil.
The KB&B in a clover is the standard company logo. Any other descriptors, like "Rivoli", "Sicilia", "Rocky Briar", etc?
Is the smoke hole in the button circular or oval?
Need to look - at work and pipe at home. Can recall only it said 'Imperial.' Smoke hole? The white circle on the stem is round - if you mean the shape of the opening you draw smoke thru I need to check
Have you considered sending it out to be done, James at Stem and Briar has done several vintage pipes for me and the cost is very reasonable, you will get it back in like new condition, subjective per the age of the pipe
http://www.stemandbriar.com/resotration
http://www.stemandbriar.com/resotration
had not considered that before now - thanks! I'll spend that much just buying the stuff to do it with! I'm going to send it in and post pics after!
Photos, please! It will help us give you better information.
Here's one way:
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Here's one way:
Once your photos are on a photo hosting site (such as Imgur.com; photo bucket, etc.), select the full image, then Control-click (Mac) or Right-click (Windows) and choose copy image location. Now paste that URL (the full web address) into the box that pops up under IMG in the compose reply window of the thread in which you want the photo to show.
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