This is the second old BBB that I've bought, and it too was in pretty bad condition. I guess I'm a sucker for old beat up pipes! It took a lot of elbow grease on this one, and I resisted the urge to go over board on the removal of the chips, dings, scorching, and scratches on it. When I saw it on ebay, I was intrigued by it, as I liked the shape and the grain. All in all it cleaned up pretty nice, and I don't mind the $16 I paid, as it's the type of pipe I like.
It's stampings indicate it to be a two star pipe. It has the BBB in a diamond shape, with two stars (asterisks) on one side, and made in england, 502 on the other side. The stem has an inlaid brass rondel with the BBB logo in a diamond shape. I did a little research on BBB and I've got to say it's not real clear to me, but from what I've read this is not a top quality pipe, but not necessarily a second either. I can't seem to put an age on this though. All the two star pipes I've seen and read about indicate that they should all have a stamped logo on the stem, not the brass one. And I can't seem to figure out what years they were actually made. Hopefully some of the BBB collectors here can help me out with this.
You'll have to forgive the pics, I haven't been feeling the best, and it makes me lazy, plus my old point and shoot wants to make all my briars look more orange than they are. I try to fix them in iphoto, but not always successfully. My wife has photo shop on her computer, but I can't figure it out, and it makes me crazy... :crazy:
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It's stampings indicate it to be a two star pipe. It has the BBB in a diamond shape, with two stars (asterisks) on one side, and made in england, 502 on the other side. The stem has an inlaid brass rondel with the BBB logo in a diamond shape. I did a little research on BBB and I've got to say it's not real clear to me, but from what I've read this is not a top quality pipe, but not necessarily a second either. I can't seem to put an age on this though. All the two star pipes I've seen and read about indicate that they should all have a stamped logo on the stem, not the brass one. And I can't seem to figure out what years they were actually made. Hopefully some of the BBB collectors here can help me out with this.
You'll have to forgive the pics, I haven't been feeling the best, and it makes me lazy, plus my old point and shoot wants to make all my briars look more orange than they are. I try to fix them in iphoto, but not always successfully. My wife has photo shop on her computer, but I can't figure it out, and it makes me crazy... :crazy:
Before pics:
After pics: