An Interesting Kaywoodie Meerschaum

[alaskanpiper]

Hi All,

Snagged this one from SP today out of pure curiosity. It appears to be from their Twin Bowl line from the mid 20th century, which was produced in both all meerschaum and briar with meerschaum inserts.

These pipes were sold with two separate bowls that thread into a hollow chamber (essentially functioning like a calabash, in theory) so the owner could smoke one while the other “rests”.

What I can’t seem to find any record of, or information on, is a variant being made with an amber stem (SP says amber, but could be their “rock ambera” bakelite?)

Any info Kaywoodie nerds may have would be much appreciated!

 

[buckaroo]

Never seen that model before. Have at least 4 old KW meers.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

@crashthegrey ️

 

[mikethompson]

That's an interesting one for sure. So the lower bowl as threads in it for the top bowl?

 

[alaskanpiper]

@crashthegrey ️

Haha we’ve already been discussing this one via DM. Didn’t want to clog this thread up in case others have info to share.

 

[alaskanpiper]

That's an interesting one for sure. So the lower bowl as threads in it for the top bowl?

It appears so.

 

[snagstangl]

I thought that was called the doctors pipe or some such thing.

 

[alaskanpiper]

I thought that was called the doctors pipe or some such thing.

I’m sure there are plenty of similar gimmicky pipes out there called dr this or dr that. Who knows.

 

[alaskanpiper]

An update on this. It is indeed real amber, stem logo is white clover in black dot. Second bowl is unsmoked! Each bowl has 3 draft holes at the bottom.

 

[verporchting]

Fascinating!

 

[MattRVA]

Man that’s cool!

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Enjoy brother. I’ve an IMP on the way myself.️

 

[cynyr]

First time I've seen one of those. Great score!

 

[PA Piper Mike]

Nice! That's a cool pipe. Hope it smokes well for you!

 

[jerry]

Very interesting meer you’ve got there! Thanks for sharing.

 

[alaskanpiper]

First time I've seen one of those. Great score!

Same here! In fact, I haven’t heard from anyone at all who has!

 

[crashthegrey]

As we talked about, super rare and no real record of this particular pipe. Crazy!

 

[snagstangl]

Collector's Guide to Kaywoodie Pipes - Pipedia

pipedia.org

Look at the first couple picks on the right side. Its a Kaywoodie Twin-bowl . $35 in 1955 but I cannot find a mention of the amber stem either.

 

[sablebrush52]

Nice snag!

 

[alaskanpiper]

Collector's Guide to Kaywoodie Pipes - Pipedia

pipedia.org

Look at the first couple picks on the right side. Its a Kaywoodie Twin-bowl . $35 in 1955 but I cannot find a mention of the amber stem either.

Yep, same thing we ran into! A real curiosity!