Pictures are coming, but Im pretty excited about my find. had to post about it as I work on the pics of "before".
You see, smoking pipes only since Jan '14 I decided on Estate Kaywoodies and Yello Boles as my sample pipes to purchase so I could test out styles and such, they being good old well cured pipes by now and can be had at very reasonable prices. I could buy more that way. I did have a Yello Bole system pipe I traded for a Peterson 317 because the YB was so huge. Ive been looking for a true Chesterfield almost from the beginning of Jan '14. Well I found one! In decent shape although its quite nasty, but the size I wanted. I wasnt real sure until I got it, or if it was even a system pipe. It was listed as a "Esterfill" but I didnt see that until I rechecked the listing when I saw the stamping. None of the pictures in the listing were that clear.
Well, Whahooo! Im tickled to get this old boy! It appears the have the KB&B stamped on the band as the clover shape matches and their is a definite indention between them. Still looking to date it properly as the "&" in KB&B is there but you can make out "Cured with Real Honey" of more specifically "... WITH R..." so this is confusing.
From my notes:
So there are some discrepancies. Let me get on the pictures... In the meantime, here is the eBay Listing with some pics.
You see, smoking pipes only since Jan '14 I decided on Estate Kaywoodies and Yello Boles as my sample pipes to purchase so I could test out styles and such, they being good old well cured pipes by now and can be had at very reasonable prices. I could buy more that way. I did have a Yello Bole system pipe I traded for a Peterson 317 because the YB was so huge. Ive been looking for a true Chesterfield almost from the beginning of Jan '14. Well I found one! In decent shape although its quite nasty, but the size I wanted. I wasnt real sure until I got it, or if it was even a system pipe. It was listed as a "Esterfill" but I didnt see that until I rechecked the listing when I saw the stamping. None of the pictures in the listing were that clear.
Well, Whahooo! Im tickled to get this old boy! It appears the have the KB&B stamped on the band as the clover shape matches and their is a definite indention between them. Still looking to date it properly as the "&" in KB&B is there but you can make out "Cured with Real Honey" of more specifically "... WITH R..." so this is confusing.
From my notes:
So there are some discrepancies. Let me get on the pictures... In the meantime, here is the eBay Listing with some pics.
It was only 25.00 tho. 
