Leather Clad and "Roop" Have Been Cleaned Up and Smoked

[nsfisher]

The leather clad pipe is called an Ambassador, which is all I could find on it. It is just a beautiful piece of smoking glory. I have tried 3 or 4 different types of baccy in it so far, and I like it. Stays lit well, burns evenly, and NEVER draws hot. I am going to call the other one a "ROOP", for want of a name. It does say Cherrywood and France, on the bottom of the bowl, but nowhere does it actually say "Roop", so I reckon I have to classify it as a "Roop". Maybe someone else can shed a bit more light on the subject. It has a small bowl and seems to like almost anything so far. Especially Penz. Please excuse the left over baccy in the bowls.

 

[twangthang]

Nice pipes! I once bid for an Ambassador on Ebay and it quickly went past my means. Really sharp.

They cleaned up great!

 

[smoker49]

Wow, those don't even look like the same pipes. I like the thick walls of that cherry wood pipe.

 

[captainprophesy]

wow those really did clean up nice... really liking that cherry! ... gonrats again ns, ya did good

 

[papipeguy]

Those leather clad pipes became very popular at the end of WWII with American GI's. Mostly made in France to cover up briars that had a lot of fills. I always thought they were handsome pipes. Enjoy.

 

[southernbriar]

Those are really nice pipes. I have a Ropp Delux 921. I am smoking my first pipe with it tonight. Lonestar just put a new bit on it for me. I was reading another post on Here and it had a good link. Except it was in French, but I did enjoy the pictures. I did a google search on "L'usine de pipes Ropp" and it pulled up alot of information. Most of them were in French though. There was also some nice images though.