Made By Les Wood

[orlandofurioso]

Can not post a picture currently, but is any of you familair with this stamp ?
Possibly early LW pipes, carved for James Upshall ?
MADE BY
LES WOOD

 

[huntertrw]

Here is a link to the citation for Leslie (Les) Wood on the pipephil.eu Website. Also, here is a link to the citation for Ferndown (Mr. Wood's brand) on the pipedia.org Website.

I hope that these resources will be helpful to you.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Here is a link to the citation for Leslie (Les) Wood on the pipephil.eu Website. Also, here is a link to the citation for Ferndown (Mr. Wood's brand) on the pipedia.org Website.

I hope that these resources will be helpful to you.

Thank you Hunter.
I know, but it offered no answer.

 

[orlandofurioso]

 

[huntertrw]

I know, but it offered no answer.

Actually, the pipedia.net citation does. To wit: "Due to the vagaries of international trademark law, he sold his earlier pipes as " L.&J.S Briars", "Ellwood", "Les Wood" or "L. Wood" (bold added by me).

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I know, but it offered no answer.

What information exactly are you looking for?

 

[orlandofurioso]

What information exactly are you looking for?

Hi Cos,
A professional pipe restorer and-seller offers two pipes with this nomenclature for sale.
I'm not familiair with this particular stamp and wonder if any of our forum members is.
They are legit ( both with L&JS silver bands, no stem logo ) and wonder about provenance, what period they were carved etc. They seem a little "of the record", but were possibly carved for JU .
Plenty Les Wood stamps to choose from, but this one I never encountered.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Actually, the pipedia.net citation does. To wit: "Due to the vagaries of international trademark law, he sold his earlier pipes as " L.&J.S Briars", "Ellwood", "Les Wood" or "L. Wood" (bold added by me).

Correct, but not the exact "MADE BY" stamp.
See if I can post better pics.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

That makes more sense. Wondering if it is a fake. I'd be interested to see the whole pipe design. I have one, but it is a more recent stamping. He seemed to make chunkier pieces, with a little heft to them. If the band has a hallmark that checks out, I would think that the whole pipe would also.

 

[orlandofurioso]

That makes more sense. Wondering if it is a fake. I'd be interested to see the whole pipe design. I have one, but it is a more recent stamping. He seemed to make chunkier pieces, with a little heft to them. If the band has a hallmark that checks out, I would think that the whole pipe would also.

I think they are legit, also given the L&JS stamped silver bands.
I own a few LW silver banded ones, but none with a hallmark.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Better pictures :

Les Wood

Hier erhalten Sie liebevoll aufgearbeitete gebrauchte Pfeifen!

www.estates-pfeifen.de

 

[orlandofurioso]

Thoughts ? Emotions are welcome too .
House brand tobacconist pipes made by LW ?

 

[PipeIT]

Les as we all know is retired, but why not send him an email. Hopefully it still works, and he can answer you directly, it’s worth a shot.

ferndownpipes@gmail.com

 

[orlandofurioso]

Thank you my friend; this takes a little courage

 

[PipeIT]

Thank you my friend; this takes a little courage