Need Help ID'ing Pipe (Picture)

[openbook]

Hi, I've recently bought two pipes. They bear the name "CZECH," stamped in all capital letters, about halfway across the stem. Try as I may, I have not been able to find the manufacturer online. Do these pipes look familiar to anyone? Does anyone know of the "CZECH" line?

Thanks!

 

[PeriqueMyInterest]

I do not know very much about brands but I am assuming that having "Czech" stamped on the pipe means it is a drug store pipe made in the Czech Republic. How do they smoke? Drug store pipes can be very good smokers.

 

[cortezattic]

My guess is that these are no-name basket pipes made in the Czech Republic. I'm also guessing that they were in the under $30 price range. They could however turn out to be good smokers. Where did you buy them: Walmart, eBay, Airport souvenir shop?

 

[openbook]

Hi guys, thanks for the replies! I bought them on eBay, where the very highly-rated seller said that they came from an older collection by a gentleman who had been planning to open a pipe shop but never did. And yes, I got them pretty cheap.
I definitely don't mind a drug-store smoker. Do you think they're briar?

 

[openbook]

Oh, and I haven't smoked them yet. I'm waiting on that until I see my brother again. One is for him, and it will be his first pipe, and I want to break them in together to show him how to do it. If they're not briar, though, I'll be looking for another pipe to give him for his first .

 

[marmal4de]

They have very briar-like grains, I'd be surprised if they were of another material.

 

[openbook]

Thanks marmal4de!