Wow, where did you find that? What kind of stinger?
Show Off Your Kaywoodie Pipes
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Kaywoodie quarter bent bulldog made in the late 1980's expressly for the Norman Winoker bent bulldog collection.
Broken Pipe from Philadelphia, PA. Had a large (~50) collection of quarter bent, diamond shanked, saddle bit bulldogs. Each from a different pipe maker. Many made expressly for his collection. Used to show his collection at early CORPS shows in Richmond, VA. He won many awards. Greatly missed.
Here’s a weird one. It’s a large billiard. White clover atop the stem. Stamps read: Monterrey Drinkless Kaywoodie. Shape is 3 31.
Stinger is cut and appears permanently welded to the mortise fitting.
I’m thinking maybe a 90s or 2000s homage to early models?
Stinger is cut and appears permanently welded to the mortise fitting.
I’m thinking maybe a 90s or 2000s homage to early models?
1943-46 Monterey’s were made from California Mission Briar (manzanita) during the WWII briar shortage.
Yeah, but the couple I’ve had weren’t stamped Drinkless or Kaywoodie. They didn’t sport a clover either.
Yeah, early on in the wartime briar shortage things like aluminum for stingers and plastic for clovers was not in short supply yet but as the war went on those things started drying up as well. When that happened they started doing away with stingers and logos. I suspect your pipe is an early production Monterey. As for the stamping, labor was also in short supply so they started eliminating production steps as well.
That’s a plausible explanation. I’m not sure I like it, but the truth is that we don’t really know what those old timers were up to. Any opinion on the 3 digit right shank
3 31 stamp? The actual shape is more like an 07 or 11.
Kaywoodie mid century meerschaum. 4 hole stinger.
Just finished this one today.
It’s a Super Grain Grecian Briar 5051 with a setter bottom and an EZ fill rim.
It’s a Super Grain Grecian Briar 5051 with a setter bottom and an EZ fill rim.
I’ve inherited my father’s collection of 200+ pipes, mostly from the 1960s, & I’m spending all my time learning about them and the community. I’ll be asking questions as I go.
There is one Kaywoodie
There is one Kaywoodie
