Frank Bakelite Find. Any information?

[pappymac]

One of our New Orleans Pipe Club members found this at a street fair this weekend but she can't find any information on it. It's a Frank's Bakelite.

Anyone have any information I can pass on to her?

 

[jguss]

S. M. Frank & Co. is still around today. It's the ultimate successor to KBB/Kaywoodie, WDC, and other storied brands. Off-hand I'd guess the pipe in your post dates from the first half of the 1920s.

 

[pappymac]

Thought I would have gotten more response...

 

[ssjones]

Steve has a number of these in his collection and detailed on the Reborn Pipes blog. Here are two.
https://rebornpipes.com/tag/s-m-frank-bakelitle-pipes/

https://rebornpipes.com/tag/s-m-frank-bakelite-pipes/

 

[pappymac]

Al - Thanks for the links. I've passed them on.

 

[jonasclark]

All UI can say is that I love it!

 

[mso489]

I have the recollection that some on Forums have found bakelite to be somewhat fragile. These would be collector pipes but not for smoking mostly, I think.