1940s Arcadia Air Cooled Filter Pipe

[ChippewaAce]

Recently was gifted a batch of estate pipes and included was an aluminum stemmed air cooled model! I assumed it was a Falcon at first, but after some online digging, the excellent smokingmetal.co.uk shed light that mine appears to be an Arcadia Air Cooled Filter Pipe, made in the US in the 1940s. I cleaned it up as best I could with what I have (have never restored a pipe before) and look forward to smoking it soon.

Anybody else out there have an Arcadia? Would love to see photos of other models!

 

[weezell]

Nice...

 

[ashdigger]

Those are sweet

 

[ChippewaAce]

Appreciate it guys! Initially I wasn't very attracted to it, but the more it sat on the pipe rack and the more I read about the history behind this style pipe, the more I dug it! Hopefully getting to smoke it today!

 

[jguss]

Does it say London Royal anywhere on the pipe?

 

[ChippewaAce]

Does it say London Royal anywhere on the pipe?

It doesn't, no markings whatsoever :/

 

[trouttimes]

Very interesting part of history when the war put a damper on pipe making and briar imports.

 

[ChippewaAce]

Very interesting part of history when the war put a damper on pipe making and briar imports.

For sure! I play and perform music for a living and as a drummer, some of my favorite vintage drums to record with are WWII era drums that were part of the US Governments L-37 metal rationing, where only 10% of the drum and it's hardware could be made of metal, so most things were replaced with wood to compensate!

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

jung loved those metal pipes
I'm sure they are enjoyable but I never got around to buying a falcon

 

[ChippewaAce]

jung loved those metal pipes
I'm sure they are enjoyable but I never got around to buying a falcon

Oh interesting! That's a fantastic picture as well. He has that one loaded to the brim!