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ashdigger

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Jul 30, 2016
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Here is an example of pipes I seek out. Patent Pipes. Doesn’t matter the age in some cases. I particularly like American and English Patents.

This is the Kennett Pipe. The goal is an “always cool and extremely light”.

These were made during the disposable pipe era, long before Estates and Collections, which is good since the design is fatal for long term smokability.

Here are two pipes I own and some documents I purloined from Pipedia.

The bowls burn out rather quick. Care to guess why?

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jguss

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What timeframe are we looking at here?

Tough to say for sure. The design was registered in the summer of 1927. Ads for the pipe are relatively plentiful in the 1930s, but still occasionally appeared as late as the mid 1960s.

I believe, but haven’t bothered to do the spadework to prove, that pipes were pretty much a sideline for Kennett, with the company’s original focus being on pens and other stationery-type supplies.
 

jpmcwjr

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May 12, 2015
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Tough to say for sure. The design was registered in the summer of 1927. Ads for the pipe are relatively plentiful in the 1930s, but still occasionally appeared as late as the mid 1960s.

I believe, but haven’t bothered to do the spadework to prove, that pipes were pretty much a sideline for Kennett, with the company’s original focus being on pens and other stationery-type supplies.
Hope they didn't give up their day jobs!
 

smokinghot88

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Feb 27, 2022
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The pipe company Kennett Briar and its pen selling side line were started in order to collect stamps from far and wide around the globe. My father thought that as a hobby he would like to collect stamps and so his correspondence with his pipe and pen customers around the world gave him many stamps! His real business was printing and publishing.
 

ashdigger

Lifer
Jul 30, 2016
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The pipe company Kennett Briar and its pen selling side line were started in order to collect stamps from far and wide around the globe. My father thought that as a hobby he would like to collect stamps and so his correspondence with his pipe and pen customers around the world gave him many stamps! His real business was printing and publishing.
Is this Kennett a relative of yours or what’s the connection. Either way, very cool.
 
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renfield

Lifer
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I found one of those at an antique place several years ago. It was barely smoked. Those pictures confirm what I suspected would eventually happen. Yikes.
 
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