BBB Bent Billiard

[jogilli]

As some of you know I attend the 100km van Ieper in Belgium nearly every year since 2002. It's a walk around the WWI Battlefields that consumed Ieper. I've been bitten by the pipe making bug, and how and along the way dabbled in restorations just because, but my search for a pre-WWI era pipe is finally over. I ended up getting this piece of history from Alan at Reborn Briar. Now he did the pipe restoration.. and a brilliant job he did, the only thing the pipe was missing was a stem.. well I can do that... I decided not to bore out the mortise and left it threaded, made a threaded tenon out of horn, since I don't have any workable bone, and decided against using Ivory...... and went with Cumberland for my stem material.. I'm happy...Happy Columbus Day everybody
Louis Blumfeld 1901 BBB Bent Billiard

 

[pitchfork]

Just saw this on another forum. That is one gorgeous pipe, with exceptional grain for that period.

 

[petes03]

Beautiful pipe! Nice job, congrats!

 

[jogilli]

Thanks.... The restemmed story is on Steve Laugs blog. http://wp.me/p2tGZK-3lY
Enjoy

 

[papipeguy]

Beautiful job. Happy smoke rings with it.

 

[rebornbriar]

I have just read the email James sent me with pictures of the pipe. I was speechless as to how well this turn of the century beauty looks. Honestly to me it is just a jaw dropping pipe.
I made the pipe look good - but with the new stem, James has just made it look stunning!

 

[sablebrush52]

People forget that at this point in time, BBB was producing the finest work to be found in Britain. They were at the top of the mountain. This pipe is a testament to that.

 

[bobpnm]

Amazing!

 

[irish]

Very , very nice . Great job !

 

[trailspike48]

Love this pipe. The stem making and silver band really set off this BBB pipe. Stunning looking pipe.

 

[jogilli]

thanks everybody

 

[ssjones]

Fantastic work. I wondered how hard it was to get the screw-in stem to "clock" correctly?

 

[jogilli]

I used some 'pipe maker magic' ... seriously if you read through this little story http://wp.me/p2tGZK-3lY
you'll notice that the threaded tenon was set in an uncut stem.... by doing that it allowed me to pick what was straight... all I had to do pay attention to was slot alignment and filing the right stock off... Magic ;-)
james

 

[jogilli]

Duckfat
Here you go... http://www.100km.be/100KM/Default.aspx. Just click English as the language ....
James

 

[owen]

Great pipe and great workmanship then and now.

 

[dmcmtk]

Missed this one. James, the pipe looks GREAT!
Dave