GBD on my "Holy Grail" List

[gloucesterman]

Here is a 9438 I have never seen before.

 

[papipeguy]

Sweet looking pipe. I have a bunch of GBD's but nothing that nice. Congrats and enjoy.

 

[gloucesterman]

Wishful thinking. I haven't found it yet but it is now on the top of that wish list. I have never seen one with a colored bit and the brass insert. I don't think there are many around.

 

[ssjones]

That is a new GBD, the return of the brass rondell and brass ring. I saw several at Cigars Unlimited in PA (Superstore). They were around $90 and several had colored stems.(but no 9438).
http://www.pipesandcigars.com/pipes/73751/gbd-facet-pipes/

 

[gloucesterman]

Al, you're amazing!!! I usually don't like the new ones but in this case I night make an exception. That does however explain why I hadn't seen it before.

 

[ssjones]

They looked like decent pipes to me, for $100 or so.

 

[gloucesterman]

I have 5 of the post Codogan 9438s and none of them smoke anything like the earlier ones. But the bit in the picture looked like the old style. It looked quite fine at the button. Hard to tell from the picture. But it is a handsome pipe. I find the new ones just don't draw like the pre-Codogan versions. If you should trip over one let me know what your thoughts were.

 

[settersbrace]

Looks like a great value along with being a very classy looking Rhodesian. I love the stem color and the brass sets it off nicely.

 

[danielplainview]

Yes I've seen some nice looking newer GBD's. Go for it and tell us how the new ones smoke. Here is a Grail for you. What finish/model is this, and where can I get one?!! This thing looks so badass with the grain showing through a matte finish and a matte stem.

 

[ssjones]

That is a 9242, probably a New Standard (looks like unrestored, probably from GL Pease' webpage). That was my the #1 pipe on my Holy Grail list, found last year:

http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/gbd-9242-1-holy-grail-realized

 

[pepesdad1]

That is a beauty! Smoke it in good health.

 

[smokershaven]

The 9242 and 9438 are two of my favorite GBD's. I still have a couple in my collection of each. Time to dust them off and light em up.

 

[danielplainview]

That's a beauty SS. So is the matte black finish a custom job or is that factory?

 

[ssjones]

I believe that is just GLP's photographic magic (I think perhaps Neill Archer Roan took those picturs?). GBD's were either smooth/polished, blasted or rusticated. No special finishes were used.