Help Me ID This Topeka, KS Pipe

[DangerStranger]

EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title (See Rule 9)

I was given this interesting 8 panel pipe. It has Bench Made engraved on the port and what looks like Topeka, KS on the starboard. On the top of the shank is a freehand maker’s mark that I can’t decipher.

Any help is much appreciated!

 

[georged]

Not many Topeka carvers. Maybe this guy?

Wathen - Pipedia

pipedia.org

 

[mso489]

The Wathen pipes look somewhat like this one in style, or maybe he had an understudy who learned some pipe carving from him.

 

[artvandelay007]

You could contact Churchill’s in Topeka and ask them.

 

[DangerStranger]

Thanks for the leads everyone.

I also found a mention of Bill Sargent here: Bi-Bl -- Pipes : Logos & Markings - http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/logo-b5.html

Seems he owned a tobacco shop in Topeka and made pipes. I find that they both have" bench made" and Topeka, KS interesting.But I can't seem to visualize a B or an S on the mark above.

 

[DangerStranger]

A quick follow up for anyone interested. The pipe was made by a gentleman named Jack Caldwell. Here's a photo of another pipe he made.

 

[chilllucky]

For any other amateur sleuths out there, how exactly were you able to determine that?

 

[DangerStranger]

For any other amateur sleuths out there, how exactly were you able to determine that?

ou could contact Churchill’s in Topeka and ask them.

I was fortunate in speaking with a fellow on another site who is friends with Gary at Churchills. Gary confirmed the maker and I was forwarded the above image. Pretty cool stuff and it turns out that artvandelay007 had the correct suggestion all along.

 

[ashdigger]

I had a guy who inherited a bunch of pipes come over to my office a little over a year ago. He had some great Stanwells and a bunch of that carvers pipes. After about an hour of Google and a few articles we nailed the carver. The pipes were shaped very nicely, but the stems were just generic stems that had been purchased and fit to the pipes.

Definitely a Caldwell pipe.

 

[DangerStranger]

I had a guy who inherited a bunch of pipes come over to my office a little over a year ago. He had some great Stanwells and a bunch of that carvers pipes. After about an hour of Google and a few articles we nailed the carver. The pipes were shaped very nicely, but the stems were just generic stems that had been purchased and fit to the pipes.

Definitely a Caldwell pipe.

Very cool. I was given 2 of his pipes. Both of mine have tortoiseshell stems which make for a nice appearance. But, I agree. They seem to be generics similar to those available from VF or the like. Both of mine are great smokers and I like the shape.