A Nice Large Collection Of GBD 9438's

[misterlowercase]

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http://daizy844.blog27.fc2.com/blog-entry-14.html

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I love looking through the Japanese enthusiast sites,

they usually take comprehensive pictures and offer much detail,

and they love the British stuff!

 

[ssjones]

Wow, over 20!
I have eight, if you count my 9676 Colossus variation. Mine are all British, I've never been able to seal the deal on a French-made 9438
Super Flame


Seventy-Six


Virgin


Tapestry


Prehistoric


Fantasy


New Standard


Colossus (9676)

 

[papipeguy]

I have a bunch of GBD's going back to the 70's but that is an impressive group. Thanks for sharing that.

 

[danielplainview]

SSjones Im jealous! Beautiful GBDs.

 

[misterlowercase]

Thanks for sharing your collection,

quite impressive!
This place has a decent French 9438 Concorde at the moment,

$55

http://vikingclubpipes.com/

Your PreHistoric is one of the best I've seen,

love it!
And I think the Tapestry is grand too!

 

[sablebrush52]

Wow, Al, that is a beautiful collection! I might need to add some GBD's to the collection.
@MLC - I love Japanese sites! One of my favorites is:
http://yeoldebriars.com/
The scholarship is generally excellent as are the illustrations. Jon Guss' excellent article on Barlings in the vintages section of the "A Passion For Pipes" site kicks its ass, as does my Barling article in Pipedia. But overall this is one of the best sites on the Net.
If you don't read Japanese you can use Google translate, which will offer up often unintentionally hilarious results.

 

[misterlowercase]

@MLC - I love Japanese sites! One of my favorites is:
http://yeoldebriars.com/
The scholarship is generally excellent as are the illustrations. Jon Guss' excellent article on Barlings in the vintages section of the "A Passion For Pipes" site kicks its ass, as does my Barling article in Pipedia. But overall this is one of the best sites on the Net.
If you don't read Japanese you can use Google translate, which will offer up often unintentionally hilarious results.

No doubt!
I love the YOB site too, and often get lost looking thru the links as well.
I enjoy looking at the PipeVillage too,

neat stuff,

here talking about fake Dunhills...

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.pipevillage.org%2Fhtml%2F50%2F12350-252.html

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Fun stuff!

 

[ssjones]

Thanks guys. There is something about the bowl size on the 9438 that makes them such great smokers. It is very large, for the overall size of the pipe (most weight around 50 grams). It is interesting to note the many stem and tenon variations of each model, none are exactly alike.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

I love this shape more and more every time I see it. However, for some reason I much prefer the look of the tapered stem over the saddle bit. It just looks more fluid to me. Now, don't get me wrong, this shape with a saddle bit still looks marvellous, but it just doesn't call to me nearly as loudly as one with a tapered stem.

 

[ssjones]

A tapered stem is definitely my preference (vs saddle) on any pipe. But the tapered stem on this pipe changes it from a 9438 to a 9242. Probably a hundred or so 9438's are on Ebay annually, and in the $75-$100 range. The 9242 is seen about one every 18 months and even poor examples start at $300 and then go up. It's in a similar class as the Comoys 499 and Sasieni Ashford (which come in saddle "S" stem or taper).

 

[nkourilo]

Outstanding collection! Those are all handsome pipes and I'll bet nice smokers.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

Interesting Al. Why so few with tapered bits? Are we the only ones who like them. You would think if they sold they would have made a lot more.

 

[ssjones]

I've wondered that myself. Since there are far more 9438's out in the estate world than 9242, I gather that the tapered stem 9438 was the better selling model. GLP and Neil Archer Roan gave some love to the 9242 and it has since shot to cult-like status. GBD is selling new pipes these days (decent pipe and price point). Why they don't make a 9242 is beyond me.
Here's a shot of some of GLP's pipes:

Digby makes a 9242-like shape, I had this LW2389. It was an older model, and had the round orifice like button that didn't work for me. Les Trout now owns it. There is a Digby for sale on Ebay now.

 

[tbradsim1]

Smoking my Colossus on porch, gifted to me by a fine member if this forum. Heavy rains, fields are flooded, we needed the rain. Black coffee , Nitecap, sounds of rain on tin roof, Lovely.

 

[ssjones]

Wow, that Colossus is mammoth! My 9676 Colossus, the last pipe in my photos, is larger than my 9438's. But not that big!

 

[danielplainview]

Strolling down memory lane.
SS, that Super Flame is outstanding!

 

[scrooge]

I agree. Still have them all?

 

[ssjones]

I still have all of mine.