More Inherited Pipes! I Need Help!

[mso489]

He had many great smoking pipes, mostly moderately priced factory pipes, but good brands and good smokers. If you want to have a selection of four our five (three or four, etc.) professionally restored, I'd pick out some of the ones that probably cost a little more. I'll let others weigh in on which. The rest will probably respond to some methodical cleaning, if you'd enjoy doing that as a project. Estate (used) pipes are fairly popular if you reach the right demographic at a flea market or online, if you want to sell off the excess. The most obvious needy aspect of these are the oxidized stems. Some will respond to polishing, and there are plenty of instructions on how to do that. Some Forums members have taken pipes with stems that look like these and brought them back to looking nearly new. Other stems may respond to polishing but will re-oxidize quickly, even on every smoke, and they'd need new stems, if cosmetics is any consideration. For now focus on choosing a select few, the best of the collection, and have them done professionally, to see what can be done, and then see if you want to try your hand or simply store or sell the others, I'd recommend.

 

[ndlaw]

Am I correct in my belief that this (large) set is of a slightly lower "quality" than the Preben Holms, etc. I first posted about in the other thread I made?

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Am I correct in my belief that this (large) set is of a slightly lower "quality" than the Preben Holms, etc. I first posted about in the other thread I made?

I'm not 100% sure about all of this set, but I would say for the most part that these are lower cost factory made pipes, as compared to your last set of which many were hand carved higher quality pipes. Now the funny thing about Ben Wade pipes, is that many of them like the first one in the above photo, were actually made by Preben Holm in Denmark. I'm willing to bet that first Ben Wade, is a hand carved Preben Holm pipe.

 

[sablebrush52]

The Danish Ben Wades were made by Preben Holm. The London made Ben Wade was made by Charatan as a line of seconds. The GBD's are collectible. You can find information on all of these pipes by checking out the following sites:
https://pipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_Brands_/_Makers
http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/index-en.html
For the most part these read like mid range pipes, but you never know if there's an unknown jewel in the lot.

 

[mikethompson]

Looks like an interesting collection!

 

[mso489]

ndlaw, they are great photos of your grandfather. Could you elucidate which military service and what rank at the time the pictures were made, and maybe where the jeep was geographically? Is that a submariner badge? I'm having trouble sussing it out. I guess I've been out of uniform too long. Just interested curiosity.

 

[ndlaw]

He was in the Naval Reserves most of his life. He started out on submarines, but eventually was part of a SWCC boat unit. In the first picture he is a CW03 (Chief Warrant Officer 03). He retired as a CW04. I don't know for SURE where the jeep picture was taken, but I suspect it was taken during one of his reserve training times.
Based on the great help/advice you guys have given me I think my plan (in order of priority) is to: (1) Get the Preben Holms and Ben Wades restored; (2) get the Soren repaired; (3) get the Charatan, Benner, and Jobey Dansk restored. Those were all from the first thread I started. After that, I think I will turn to this lot and may get the GBD restored. I kind of like their look.
Beyond that, I am not sure what I will eventually do with this set. I will need to eventually get them cleaned. Unlike the first set of pipes about which I posted (which had a very pleasant tobacco smell I remember from my childhood), this set had a rather nauseating cheap tobacco smell, probably because of how they were stored. I will probably end up restoring a random smattering of 5 or 6 to distribute to my cousins.

 

[madox07]

Quite a collection, sir. Very nice inheritance indeed. I would take my time in picking which I would like to keep, even if I could not afford to restore them all at once (some may not even be worth the price, but may have a sentimental value to you). The rest, like other members said ... you won't have any trouble moving on this forum, on ebay, or other venues.

 

[madox07]

BTW ... to all you more knowledgeable people, what is "white briar" ? :?:

 

[ndlaw]

Came across this today in my grandfather's things. It isn't a pipe, but it is pipe related. My grandfather was also a cartoonist and the people in his drawings (whether it was for his CHP colleagues or Navy colleagues) frequently were sporting pipes. This one was even more expressly pipe related!

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Wonderful drawing! Thanks for sharing that :clap:

 

[dmcmtk]

Finally is "Astor" and "309" and "XXL" on the bottom

A Comoy's made pipe, and a harder to find shape, the 308 Xtra Xtra Long Canadian.

 

[dunstanhillwell62]

An amazing collection and great photos of your grandfather; especially no. 3.
"...5 or 6 to distribute to my cousins."

A pity that we're not related. I really like that square-shanked Comoy's "The Guildhall London Pipe".

Who am I kidding..? I like them all.
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[ndlaw]

In reading about GBD pipes, I have seen reference to "army" or "Military" mounts, especially in relation to "Super Q" pipes. Is that simply a reference to having the metal on metal connection between the shank and the stem?

 

[dmcmtk]

Those GBD's are what would be called a Spigot style mount, with the Sterling to Sterling. A good example of an Army, or Military mount.
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/1938-bbb-silver-mounted-poker-restoration-pic-heavy
It would be clearer with the stems off the pipe, to see more details (short answer)

 

[jeffro]

madox07, I believe the "White-Briar" pipes was a line of second quality pipes made by the manufacture Kaywoodie.

I see them on ebay all the time and I own a couple of them. It is white paint covering briar with flaws in the wood.

most likely kaywoodies idea to recoup cost on briar that would normally be thrown away.

Now the good thing is my white-briar pipes smoke just fine.