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Would an early Kaywoodie ever have a gold band from the factory?

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craiginthecorn

craiginthecorn

Lifer
May 8, 2017
1,610
1,683
Sugar Grove, IL, USA
I'm looking at buying an early Kaywoodie, but it has a 14k gold band, which I'm guessing isn't original. I have asked for info on what is engraved on the band, but it looks like it might be the owner's name. Is that something that was sometimes done to personalize and protect a pipe? This one looks beautiful.

 
mso489

mso489

Lifer
Feb 21, 2013
41,210
60,459
I never heard of it, but Kaywoodie used to be an up-market pipe, more expensive than a Dunhill.

 
philobeddoe

philobeddoe

Lifer
Oct 31, 2011
7,437
11,735
East Indiana
Its very likely real, I have a gold banded Medico, it has proper hallmarks, I checked it out and it is a legit pipe, Medico Gold Crest. If Medico released pipes with a gold band, surely Kaywoodie did as well!

 
mso489

mso489

Lifer
Feb 21, 2013
41,210
60,459
Maybe the stock gold band was on occasion engraved as a gift presentation pipe, as a present or as an award, with the recipient's name. Just a thought.

 
buroak

buroak

Lifer
Jul 29, 2014
1,867
14
The band you are describing sounds like an add-on. That does not necessarily mean it should but you off the pipe.

 
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