My dad was a pipe smoker for about 25 yrs after quitting cigarettes. By ~1985 he was all through. I remember him in the 1960's smoking mostly smaller billiards & some metal stem pipes. I don't know what happened to those pipes but I have ~18 - 20 of his pipes that he bought in the 1970's & early 1980's. I have been going thru some of those recently and among my favorites is this Knute of Danish Design. The acrylic bit and/or acrylic collar are missing the "crowned K" logo and the stampings are slightly different, but I'm wondering if this pipe can be attributed to Karl Erik ( http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/logo-k3.html )? My dad also had some Ben Wade pipes. Ben Wade also made a series of pipes under the Knute name but I have been unable to find any information on those.
The bit is a nice root beer brown color with streaks in it. The collar is more of a reddish/orange tobacco color with swirls in it.
There were 2 or 3 shopping malls near where he lived and each mall had pipe & tobacco shops. He probably bought all his pipes from those shops. I would like to learn anything I can about some of his pipes so any help from the knowledgable people here would be greatly appreciated. With the difference in the stamping I have wondered if a couple of his pipes could have been seconds sold thru the pipe shop. So even if you recognize this pipe to be a discounted second it won't hurt my feelings. They were his and that's all that really matters. Thanks for all info provided!
The bit is a nice root beer brown color with streaks in it. The collar is more of a reddish/orange tobacco color with swirls in it.
There were 2 or 3 shopping malls near where he lived and each mall had pipe & tobacco shops. He probably bought all his pipes from those shops. I would like to learn anything I can about some of his pipes so any help from the knowledgable people here would be greatly appreciated. With the difference in the stamping I have wondered if a couple of his pipes could have been seconds sold thru the pipe shop. So even if you recognize this pipe to be a discounted second it won't hurt my feelings. They were his and that's all that really matters. Thanks for all info provided!
