Willard pipes
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"Willard pipes"
Welcome aboard, Sir. Interestingly the link is to the "Willmer" page at pipedia.org. Willard and Willmer are two different brands.
Regardless, I own a Willmer Bel Air billiard (their take on the Merchant Service Special billiard which was favored by the late Mr. Bing Crosby), and the quality of the briar and their craftsmanship is superb. Further, it is a good smoker. Look carefully and long and you will occasionally find estate Willmer pipes offered for sale on the Web and in brick-and-mortar shops.
Welcome aboard, Sir. Interestingly the link is to the "Willmer" page at pipedia.org. Willard and Willmer are two different brands.
Regardless, I own a Willmer Bel Air billiard (their take on the Merchant Service Special billiard which was favored by the late Mr. Bing Crosby), and the quality of the briar and their craftsmanship is superb. Further, it is a good smoker. Look carefully and long and you will occasionally find estate Willmer pipes offered for sale on the Web and in brick-and-mortar shops.
stevepmc:
Willard was a brand produced by Sparta Industries of Dr. Grabow fame, and one which in my opinion would lie at the complete opposite end of the spectrum from Willmer. If you have not tried a Willmer pipe, then allow me to recommend them, as I believe that you will find your search to be well rewarded.
Willard was a brand produced by Sparta Industries of Dr. Grabow fame, and one which in my opinion would lie at the complete opposite end of the spectrum from Willmer. If you have not tried a Willmer pipe, then allow me to recommend them, as I believe that you will find your search to be well rewarded.
Steve:
Inadvertently, you sucker punched several of us with this thread title. Willard pipes were giveaways during WWII and Korea courtesy of the Sparta Company and were very inexpensively available at PX's during that dust-up in French Indo-China.
But, Willmer burners? Man, that's a brand new ballgame.
Fnord
Inadvertently, you sucker punched several of us with this thread title. Willard pipes were giveaways during WWII and Korea courtesy of the Sparta Company and were very inexpensively available at PX's during that dust-up in French Indo-China.
But, Willmer burners? Man, that's a brand new ballgame.
Fnord
Interesting this just came up - Mike msandoval just gave me a Willmer in the Dorset line (and an Elba and pounds of tobacco). It looks great and smokes like a champ, I'd never heard of Willmer before, but it's nice to have a second English pipe 
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