Kaywoodie Dating Question

[Kobold]

I recently picked up this Kaywoodie and can’t determine when it was made. It’s stamped Kaywoodie Drinkless, imported briar and 42. Looks like a four hole stinger. Maybe someone could chime in and help? Thanks!

 

[lithicus]

I recently picked up this Kaywoodie and can’t determine when it was made. It’s stamped Kaywoodie Drinkless, imported briar and 42. Looks like a four hole stinger. Maybe someone could chime in and help? Thanks!

That's not a 4 hole, that's a 3 hole. I believe that would make it 1950s or later. I'd have to dig around for more information from when I bought my oldest kaywoodie months and months ago. The 2 digit number should help narrow things down more.

 

[Kobold]

That's not a 4 hole, that's a 3 hole. I believe that would make it 1950s or later. I'd have to dig around for more information from when I bought my oldest kaywoodie months and months ago. The 2 digit number should help narrow things down more.

Ah okay. Thanks for the info I appreciate it!

 

[xrundog]

Stamps, stinger and clover make me think 60s at earliest.

 

[lithicus]

Ah okay. Thanks for the info I appreciate it!

Ofc! Looks like the 42 is a medium apple made between 1927-1972. Given the 3 hole stinger which my notes say is 1955, that narrows it down quite a bit. Kaywoodies are difficult to date.

Beautiful pipe though! The black clover was supposed to indicate their better briar.

 

[Kobold]

Ofc! Looks like the 42 is a medium apple made between 1927-1972. Given the 3 hole stinger which my notes say is 1955, that narrows it down quite a bit. Kaywoodies are difficult to date.

Beautiful pipe though! The black clover was supposed to indicate their better briar.

Oh wow that’s good to know! Thanks again!

 

[Andre_T]

Paging @crashthegrey

 

[Sobrbiker]

Kaywoodie dating

 

[Kobold]

Kaywoodie dating

Yeah I did google it before I posted this. There’s alot of confusing information out there so I thought I would post the question here. Thanks for nothing.

 

[MattRVA]

Yeah I did google it before I posted this. There’s alot of confusing information out there so I thought I would post the question here. Thanks for nothing.

 

[sablebrush52]

I miss the Kaywoodie Compendium, an excellent source of information, now sadly lost. Nothing on the Internet is forever.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Yeah I did google it before I posted this. There’s alot of confusing information out there so I thought I would post the question here. Thanks for nothing.

Kaywoodie dating is a hit and miss proposition at best. The links that come up are the same info that the best posts provided.
‘55 to early seventies is unfortunately the narrowest you’ll probably be able to get.

 

[Scriptonic]

I miss the Kaywoodie Compendium, an excellent source of information, now sadly lost. Nothing on the Internet is forever.

Someone with more time than I could rebuild it. I still reference whats left from time to time

compendium

 

[Sig]

Do NOT date a Kaywoodie!!!

They will break your heart.

 

[sablebrush52]

Someone with more time than I could rebuild it. I still reference whats left from time to time

compendium

I used the Wayback Machine at the IA, but the captures were incomplete. Sometimes you get lucky and there’s enough between the captures to rebuild a site but this wasn’t one of them.

 

[xrundog]

I copied the write ups. But I used to avidly collect Kaywoodies so I know the older stuff well. The quality generally declines in the 60s so I had little interest in those pipes. I can’t say exactly when the featured pipe was made, but Kaywoodie over Drinkless over imported briar with the black in white clover with a 3-hole stinger puts it solidly in the later era. The Drinkless series was the original Kaywoodie offering. Later it became a lower tier model. Below Super Grain, Flame Grain etc.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Paging @crashthegrey

A PM or DM! might be quicker; the @xyz sometimes doesn't work.

And if you reply to one of his posts, that should - or may- give him notice.

 

[Andre_T]

A PM or DM! might be quicker; the @xyz sometimes doesn't work.

And if you reply to one of his posts, that should - or may- give him notice.

To be fair he is currently in Poland to take part in the World Cup of Pipe Smoking as part of Team USA.