Dating A Kaywoodie "Handmade" Oversized Pipe

[bayareabriar]

3 days 13 hours. I won’t be bidding now that I read this post. All yours! ?

 

[bayareabriar]

The lady selling these, she said her dad was president of the Club? Of Richmond Pipe Smokers. That’s why CORPS was printed on alot of the pipes she was selling.

 

[anotherbob]

neat kaywoodie had a system style pipe. Wow.

 

[edger]

Solved! Just as a footnote, a similar stinger and screw-in stem attachment was used in the regular factory run Drinkless series that was only discontinued a few years ago. I have a Ruff-Tone of that design, and the stinger is quick and easy to clean. The Drinkless series is still sold, but with push-bits. That's a fine looking pipe, clearly unsmoked in the photo.

The bit on my Drinkless was akimbo, but sable' told me to heat the shank with a hair dryer until the glue softened and set it right, which I easily did. It's a good smoker, and the finish has improved from a rather dull matte brown gray to a shinier stain with reddish undertones, just from smoking and handling it.

Akimbo, damn I like your vocabulary!

 

[Humblepipe]

I was not able to acquire the pipe that I started this thread for... However, this just arrived and it is 1940s or earlier, I think. It has a 4-hole stinger. I suppose I would guess just after WWII? 1945-47? I cleaned it up and I will take her out for a spin this evening with a little taste of Blanton's.

 

[coming to_falling too]

I was not able to acquire the pipe that I started this thread for... However, this just arrived and it is 1940s or earlier, I think. It has a 4-hole stinger. I suppose I would guess just after WWII? 1945-47? I cleaned it up and I will take her out for a spin this evening with a little taste of Blanton's.

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Nice pipe!

 

[Humblepipe]

3 days 13 hours. I won’t be bidding now that I read this post. All yours! ?

I had asked her to enable "Make Offer" (agreed amount $120), but there were already bidders so she could not edit the listing. With my new acquisition, I have decided to pass on bidding

 

[crashthegrey]

I was not able to acquire the pipe that I started this thread for... However, this just arrived and it is 1940s or earlier, I think. It has a 4-hole stinger. I suppose I would guess just after WWII? 1945-47? I cleaned it up and I will take her out for a spin this evening with a little taste of Blanton's.

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Sometimes the four hole stinger went in a later pipe, like maybe they found one laying around. But I think you are correct in your assumption and this was a very early one of these pipes.

 

[Humblepipe]

Sometimes the four hole stinger went in a later pipe, like maybe they found one laying around. But I think you are correct in your assumption and this was a very early one of these pipes.

Thanks, crash!

 

[Humblepipe]

Update: my latest acquisition is a keeper. It has found a place in my top 10. I aim to build a collection of mid-Century oversized Kaywoodies. I like these bad boys!

 

[Humblepipe]

The pipe that was the original subject of this thread just sold for $172.50... I did NOT bid on it.

 

[crashthegrey]

These things are wildly popular right now. That's why I convinced Bill to make them again. I can't keep them in my shop right now.