Mystery Pipe, Has a Name but What Else Can Be Found?

[agnosticpipe]

This is not my pipe or my pictures. I found this on eBay and have never seen a pipe like this. Stamped "BUX, Cherry Cured, England". Looks to me more like briar and not cherrywood, so I don't know what cherry cured means, also bowl and stem look to be made separately, and the end of the stem (bit) has a weird inlay of some sort. I can't find anything about this pipe, and I'm not necessarily going to buy it, but I am curious about it. Any ideas?

 

[jguss]

It appears in Who Made That Pipe as an Oppenheimer. In the 1949 Fancy Goods Brands directory it appears under both Oppenheimer and Adolph Frankau, much of a muchness since both were under Cadogan:



There were so many obscure brands floating around under Cadogan I wouldn’t hazard a guess as to what years the Bux was made, although presumably 1949 is one of them. And a few newspaper ads in the UK, US, and Australia show it being sold between 1941 and 1946. If it is indeed cherry wood this would be consistent with war-time briar shortages.

 

[agnosticpipe]

It appears in Who Made That Pipe as an Oppenheimer. In the 1949 Fancy Goods Brands directory it appears under both Oppenheimer and Adolph Frankau, much of a muchness since both were under Cadogan:

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There were so many obscure brands floating around under Cadogan I wouldn’t hazard a guess as to what years the Bux was made, although presumably 1949 is one of them. And a few newspaper ads in the UK, US, and Australia show it being sold between 1941 and 1946.

Thanks for the info. Yeah, there seems to be a lot of obscure pipes roaming around out there, and this seems to be one of the weirder ones. I've never seen a button on the stem like that one. Probably an insert of asbestos to add flavor or to remove harmful tars, no?

 

[anotherbob]

to me that looks like cherrywood. But treated in someway. My guess from the available info is the curing was to make it more like a briar.

 

[Sig]

If you're into weird pipes, and its cheap enough, buy it.
I personally love weird pipes.

 

[agnosticpipe]

to me that looks like cherrywood. But treated in someway. My guess from the available info is the curing was to make it more like a briar.

I looked at cherry wood pipes and the grain always seems to be circular as in a tree branch. This looks like a cross grain of some type, but now that you mention it, it looks a little more like maple to me rather than briar. I don't know.

 

[agnosticpipe]

If you're into weird pipes, and its cheap enough, buy it.
I personally love weird pipes.

It's only $21.99 plus shipping, and I would buy it if it wasn't for the goofy looking button on the stem. I don't trust that, whatever it is...

 

[anotherbob]

I looked at cherry wood pipes and the grain always seems to be circular as in a tree branch. This looks like a cross grain of some type, but now that you mention it, it looks a little more like maple to me rather than briar. I don't know.

Yeah it's odd looking. But certainly seems like something organic and something more. Taste might answer the question. I miss my old Cherry Wood pipe. Worked best with milder blends.

 

[anotherbob]

It's only $21.99 plus shipping, and I would buy it if it wasn't for the goofy looking button on the stem. I don't trust that, whatever it is...

Yeah what is going on there?