Kaywoodie Handmade Super Grain 1/2

[gmwolford]

A couple of months ago I traded for two Kaywoodie Handmade pipes: one was a bent Rhodesian and the other is a straight apple (?). I've finally gotten to the straight one and am pretty pleased with the results.
Before:

After:

Looking forward to getting the bent one started on soon but I have a bit of a back log of projects currently so it may be later rather than sooner. :roll:

 

[tbradsim1]

Hey Greg, about 3 weeks I bought on the Bay a super grain bent bulldog super grain Kaywoodie for 37$ includeing shipping, cleaned it up, not as good as you, but it is a super little smoker. The old cajun

 

[gmwolford]

Thanks, Old Cajun. I hope the bent look as good or better when I get to it. You can see it a bit in the top left photo.

 

[tbradsim1]

Forgot to say, the stinger had been cut off, horrible cut, took some time with jewelers files to pretty it up. The old cajun

 

[gmwolford]

I am wondering about the "Handmade" though. It looks like the mortice and tenon are the standard Kaywoodie screw-in aluminum (usually with stinger) type. What makes these two old Kaywoodies differ from the machine made, hand-finished Kaywoodies we all know and love?

The nomenclature! LOL. It reads.

Handmade, Super Grain, Kaywoodie on the shank. The other side says Imported Briar. Now, what does that all REALLY mean? No clue. Maybe someone else can answer that for us both! But it does have the screw in tenon with stinger, just didn't take a photo of that.

 

[gmwolford]

Well, as long as I'm at it…

 

[eaglerico]

Great restoration Greg. You have a lot more patience then I do. As you explained on one of your previous restorations you do this all by hand. I was never willing enough to work that hard to get a shine that good by hand. I am sure the bent one will look just as good.

 

[rcstan]

Very nice restoration!

 

[lestrout]

The recent 'Handmades' are made by Bill Feuerbach himself on days the Kaywoodie factory is closed. They don't have the stingers and are one of the best values for artisan pipes.
hp

les

 

[numbersix]

Beautiful work greg - congrats!

 

[gmwolford]

Thanks, guys. When I was more able bodied I enjoyed doing a bit of woodworking, seems like a lifetime ago now. This is a great opportunity for me to do something I really love on a smaller (and more manageable) scale. That's also one of the reasons I took up leatherwork, too.

 

[papipeguy]

Great job. Good luck with it.