Help? I Found a Prince "Something Special" Imported Briar pipe with a loose stem today E within a diamond logo

[gastro]

Picked this up at an estate sale the other day and I know nothing about it. Looks like a sav/bilt prince.

If anyone out there knows anything about "Something Special" I'd appreciate it

 

[chilllucky]

It's just a guess, but maybe Edwards?

 

[ak2000]

Definitely not Savinelli

 

[jguss]

According to Who Made that Pipe it’s one of Finsbury Products Inc.’s pipes. FP was incorporated on 11/25/1975 and went inactive on 1/25/1995. It was based in Westchester NY in the village of Elmsford. One of their other models is the Bonnie Brier and its submodels include the Matterhorn, Standard, Highlands, Interlude, and Willow Ridge.

I should add that FP distributed Falcon at one point.

 

[jguss]

For the insatiably curious here’s a fuller list of the Bonnie Brier line as well as other models (including the Something Special) sold by FP circa 1978:

 

[paulfg]

For the insatiably curious here’s a fuller list of the Bonnie Brier line as well as other models (including the Something Special) sold by FP circa 1978:

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well it obviously wasnt "something special" as it was at the bottom of the pricing structure

 

[jguss]

well it obviously wasnt "something special" as it was at the bottom of the pricing structure

In the unenlightened days of my youth special was not always a compliment.

 

[paulfg]

In the unenlightened days of my youth special was not always a compliment.

are you Ralph Wiggum in disguise then

 

[jguss]

are you Ralph Wiggem in disguise then

Probably closer to Ralphie Parker.

 

[gastro]

maybe it's just something special because the two holes line up?

 

[captainsousie]

For the insatiably curious here’s a fuller list of the Bonnie Brier line as well as other models (including the Something Special) sold by FP circa 1978:

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I wonder if the Potpourri pipe would be good for Lakeland blends.