1950s Short Film Re: Wilke Pipe Shop--Blending & Pipemaking

[greeneyes]

(As the title suggests) some of you with an interest in the historical side of things will find this video amusing.

Synopsis (from the website): "New York: Wilke Pipe Shop in Midtown Manhattan. Woman in front of many jars of tobacco. Woman weighs shag tobacco. Tobacco is put into a bag and then a tin with label. Woman smells tobacco and inspects pipes. Man looks at new pipe design. Joe begins with a block of briar root to make a pipe. Pipe being made on a lathe. Mouthpiece is attached. Man comes into pipes shop to buy a pipe. Woman stands in front of a wall covered with pipes. A man inspects the pipe."​

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The site, Oddball Films, embeds its own media so you'll have to follow the link to view the video:

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New York: Wilke Pipe Shop in Midtown Manhattan. Woman in front of many jars of tobacco. Woman weighs shag tobacco. Tobacco is put into a bag and then a tin with label. Woman smells tobacco and inspects pipes. Man looks at new pipe design. Joe begins with a block of briar root to make a pipe...

www.oddballfilms.com

 

[americaman]

That is awesome. I was going to say, now I need a Wilke pipe, but I actually have one.

 

[jerry]

Cool! Thanks for the link!

 

[ABel7son]

I just bought some tobacco from them over the phone. They're not in New York anymore and it's taking a while to get it.
Does anyone know at the very end of the film, about the comment not using a varnish, because the pipe will taste sweeter? Is that a varnish on the outside of the pipe,?

 

[verporchting]

What a gem of a film! Thanks for posting it.

 

[jhowell]

Thanks for posting!

 

[SoddenJack]

Very cool find. Thanx for posting.

 

[edger]

Thanks for the post. I have a Wilke smooth dublin that smokes very well. I bought it from Elliot Nachtwalter many years ago.

 

[pitchfork]

That's Joe Cortegiano making pipes - he made pipes for Ed Burak, too. Cool find.

 

[jpmcwjr]

My favorite shop in NYC. Still love the bent billiard I got in 1965.

There was a sign that said: "Don't smoke Varnish!"

 

[F4RM3R]

That looked like a hefty dose of perique in that vaper she was mixing up :0

 

[Ziggywm]

Love it. Thanks for sharing. A picture of America that is rapidly disappearing.