Briar pipe recovered from Titanic

[meerschaumsteve]

This video:
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/the-titanic-100-years-later/6koexds?q=Titanic&rel=MSN&cpkey=589ccd99-b1de-4b65-9a64-eb9dc0ac2694|Titanic|MSN||
Hope it works for you all, it shows among other things, a nice billiard pipe that belonged to First Officer William Murdock. Fast forward to 2:30 for the pipe segment. Need to copy/paste the link its not all staying intact, make sure to include all of it including the 2 bars after MSN.
The styling of the mouthpiece is a bit strange, anybody want to take a guess at who made the pipe?

 

[brewshooter]

I can't see the vid from this computer, but I'll guess:
Leonardo DiCaprio?

 

[rigmedic1]

Probably a Peterson.

 

[whimsyt]

A close up of the pipe can be seen here:
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/titanic-artifacts-linked-to-officer-slideshow/pipe-belonging-william-murdoch-bridge-officer-aboard-titanic-photo-184528812.html
I found a discussion of it on the International Peterson Pipe Club site, and they don't seem to think it's a Pete, but admit that 88 years of being water logged may have changed the pipe just a wee bit.
Interesting to speculate, though. Wish we knew a bit more about F.O. Wm. Murdock and his estate...perhaps he had another pipe that remained on land that might offer us a clue......

 

[ghost]

Every pipe has a story, eh? Thanks for the link!

 

[photoman13]

that's pretty interesting. Looks similar to the Hatfield pipe.

 

[riptide]

Cool. It looks like the bit warped.

 

[cajunguy]

I enjoyed the video. Thank you for posting it. The history of the ship, its demise, and its rediscovery has interested me for years.

 

[rlunderhill]

Very interesting video.

 

[mluyckx]

Very interesting indeed...and based on the picture, it looks like the ring on the shank has perhaps a crowned or tooth motif to it ? I have never seen a Pete with that shape ring. Usually they're straight. But then again, I haven't seen too many Pete's predating 1912 ;-)

 

[rigmedic1]

The castling on the end of the band appears to be from corrosion. I only suggest Peterson due to the ship being built in Ireland; Murdoch being Irish, perhaps, etc. Could very well have come from France. May have even been a Dunhill, though it doesn't look like any I have ever seen. It would take someone with a really good knowledge of late 19th and early 20th Century pipes to figure this out this conundrum. For all we know, it could have been made in a shop in some far off port. Unfortunately, only Mr. Murdoch knows that answer.

 

[bdstansel]

That is a very interesting find. The more I look at the first pic of it, the more it reminds me of a Peterson 87...perhaps a tad bit thinner/longer but the bowl shape IS very similar, of course that is just one guy's opinion.

 

[sjpipesmoker]

I wonder how it would smoke?

 

[judcole]

Very interesting.

Could be any of a number of brands - there were plenty of English brands besides Dunhill!

 

[nightmarejones]

That was pretty cool to see,Thanks.

 

[wnghanglow]

I'm going to watch the video but first: better let that pipe dry, and hope it doesn't have any problem with ghosting! XD

 

[erdnase]

Greetings,
I'm really curios what something like that might be worth.
Onward...

 

[pstlpkr]

That was cool.

Thanks for sharing the link.

 

[bigbehr]

Thanks for sharing the link.... If it was smokeable and money was not a object would you smoke it? I cant say I would but what do you think?