Lord Davenport

[thejen57]

Ok, I received the vintage Lord Davenport briar that I purchased on ebay. Does anyone have any information on Lord Davenport pipes? I've looked and looked online but can't find any info.

 

[pstlpkr]

Hey Jen... any pictures. That may help.

 

[markw4mms]

This is a link to all I could find about them: http://pipedia.org/images/c/cb/Lord-Davenport.jpg

It seems they were based out of NYC in the '40's.

 

[papipeguy]

Great old poster with General Marshall. Thanks for that one.

 

[thejen57]

Ok, I think I have figured out how to do this... be patient please, I am new...

This is the Vintage Lord Davenport I got off eBay.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6100/6273208436_a240ac5df9_m.jpg
It is stamped "Lord Davenport" on the side.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6038/6273208476_1b00095b5b_m.jpg
And it is stamped "Imported Briar" on the bottom.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6118/6272682553_b2e9191b79_m.jpg
Compared to my Savinelli and Nording, it feels like an inexpensive drug store pipe, and that is probably right since I only paid $10.49 for it. But I have very little experience with pipes and just wondering... it doesn't really matter except if by some chance it is worth a lot more than I paid for it, I might be more careful when I smoke it. LOL

 

[rigmedic1]

It's a very nice pipe though. How does it smoke?

 

[thejen57]

I haven't smoked it yet. Just got it yesterday and it had some un-identified gunk in the bowl that I cleaned with pipe sweetener. It looks to be un-smoked though. But there was some stain in the stem and bowl that I cleaned too. Even though it was described as un-smoked I suspect it is a lightly smoked pipe that someone refurbished. I might try it out next weekend.

 

[markw4mms]

Nice looking pipe,congrats!