Family Heirloom Found! (Kaywoodie)

[shanez]

My grandfather passed a number of years ago and I figured this was lost forever!

I was talking to my uncle a few months ago and he said there were a couple of boxes n his basement he wasn't sure what was in them.

Long story short, he found my grandfather's pipe and sent it to me!









I think I'm going to give it a little clean and have a smoke in it. Then, I don't know. Maybe send it out for a professional cleaning. Or put it in my display case and enjoy it as is. Decisions, decisions...

 

[ashdigger]

That’s awesome!!!!

I have two of my grandfather’s pipes. More recent that beauty. One of my turd uncles, who doesn’t smoke pipes, has four WW2 era Kaywoodies that’s he’s not letting go of.

Maybe I should stop calling him a turd and try to be nice. Lol

But I have my grandfathers tobacco pouch. Use it everyday.

 

[BROBS]

That’s way cool man is that Shakespeare?!
I’d just clean the rim with a wet paper towel, polish the stem and smoke it!

I wish I had a pipe of my grandpa’s! Though I think I remember seeing one and if it was representative of condition, maybe I wouldn’t have wanted one. ?

 

[verporchting]

What a fantastic find! It looks to be in great shape too. Give it a quick cleaning and smoke it.

 

[STP]

Pretty cool. I recently acquired a few of my grandfather’s pipes. Great nostalgia... ?

 

[trubka2]

Very cool! Is that Shakespeare? It looks like that could be one of those floppy Elizabethan hats. Or maybe I just need to finally freeging get some glasses.

 

[Elric]

THAT is awesome! Congrats!

 

[haparnold]

To smoke, or not to smoke. That is the question...

 

[shanez]

Here's what I found on pipephil:

The heirloom pipes were hand-carved briar heads and correspond to a re-introduction of the carved heads Kaywoodie produced in the 1930's. Heirloom pipes produced in the late 1950's until 1963 were available in 3 carvings: the nobleman (pipe above), the satan and the prophet. According to Dennis Moore they were carved by Charlie Ware († 1963) at the Kaywoodie plant.

Funny that I called it an heirloom and as it turns out it is!

 

[mso489]

I think that was made in the time when Kaywoodie was the premier pipe in the U.S. and cost more than Dunhills of that time. That's an especially interesting example, a briar figural carved like a Meerschaum. Many family heirlooms are more ordinary. My dad always smoked one pipe, continuously, until it burned out with big cracks the height of the bowl. If there were any pipes passed along from my grandfather, I guess they ended that way. However, I did inherit a walnut ten-pipe stand with an amber colored tobacco bowl, passed down from my grandfather, to my dad, to me -- rescued from an upper kitchen shelf by my sister.

 

[kcghost]

Heck of a find and something you will possess all your life.Congrats!

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Pretty cool. None of my older family members smoked pipes. Cigars and cigarettes don’t usually provide for any sentimental hand-me-downs, other than perhaps a lighter, unfortunately.

 

[J.GANDY]

I have a few of my great uncles pipes. None of them as cool as that pipe you have though. Very cool!

 

[ray47]

My great grandfather and two uncles were pipe smokers and no one in the family can say where their pipes are. My grandson wants my pipes and tobacco when I pass on, so I'll start the tradition.

 

[OneGoodBulldog]

Well now, I gotta get me one of those Satan pipes!

 

[smknron]

Your grandfather would probably want you to smoke and enjoy it, but I could see how you might want to just put it up for display.

 

[Infantry23]

That is an awesome find, congrats. I keep telling myself that my pipes will be heirlooms for my kids and grandkids one day. Maybe I should buy another pipe?? ?

 

[pruss]

Super cool. Nice one!

One of the first pipes I ever cleaned up was my Grandmother’s Butz Choquin mini-warden.

It will only take half a flake, but every time I see the pipe I can see her smoking it at the dining room table after breakfast with a huge cup o’ Joe in front of her.

— Pat

 

[mikethompson]

I love hearing these stories. When a person from memory is associated with a pipe, it makes the pipe just that much more special.

 

[ssjones]

Just seeing this - awesome, definitely an heirloom and collectible Kaywoodie. Is the stinger still intact?
Do you have any idea on what area shop he might have used, or what was his favorite tobacco? That special Kaywoodie would not have been available at the local drug store. If you contact Bill Feurbach thru the Kaywoodie site, he'll definitely give you additional info and I'm sure be delighted to hear your story.