National Briar Pipe Co. Nylon *Drysmoke* Pipes

[blackbeard]

A while back, I posted about my grandfathers pipe...finally I found info on it, So, here's what I found about the pipe.
Links are...

NYLON

Pipedia National Briar Pipe Co.

My grandfathers (now mine)

So, National Briar Pipe Co. - Phillip D. Berenson likely made in the 60's (which was the rough estimate given to me of the purchase of mine.
If you have one please post pictures!

 

[blackbeard]

FURTHERMORE about the inventor...

DRI KOOL

WEB COOL
notice in the picture "assignor to one half of Weber Briars Inc."
so involvement Weber Pipe Company

 

[elbert]

DuPont sure has its fingers in a lot of pies, doesn't it?
"The Greatest New Pipe Idea in 50 Years!"
To put THAT in perspective, Dunhill came up with sandblasting within that time frame.

 

[blackbeard]

FURTHERMORE into the ties here....also working with National Briar Pipe Company....inventor of the Falcon
TURBO FLO

Falcons own Kelly C Bugg
Just realized it's like 3am, gotta stop this for now. Otherwise we'll have a book on this type of pipe

 

[newbroom]

I seem to remember those nylon pipes on candy counters around town, back in the day.

Just think of all the things I could have collected from back since I was a lad, and had a big pile of....

well, at least I can still remember!

 

[mso489]

I know the bowl is briar, but it is interesting that the pipe featuring nylon came from The National Briar Pipe people. The design of the shank is quite fetching, somewhat ahead of its time. I do love the $1.50 price, though that was long ago, maybe more like $25 now. Still a bargain. It's a great pipe to have. I don't think I'd ever seen one before, or if I did, I didn't pay close attention. Good to know about it.

 

[blackbeard]

I don't know about the others, but mine is certainly not briar. People who have put Viking bowls on them confused things. Not sure what the wood is, but not briar.
Reborn Pipes noticed it as well.

 

[blackbeard]

While mine may not have been briar, this one is advertised as such. Go eBay for the surprise history. Now we can certainly throw Wally Frank in the mix. I'm becoming the man with 1,000,000 newspaper clippings on his wall, thumbtacks everywhere with string linking all of them together....metaphorically of course.

 

[tuold]

I see those on ebay all the time. I'll be more inclined to bid on one after learning all this.

 

[blackbeard]

I've been wanting to buy them out. So save one for me! I want at least one nice one for the collection, sentiment plays a large factor here. Should definitely give one a go though, if anything excellent taster pipe.