This is one I got at a second hand shop and have no clue what make or model it is. I am thinking about restoring it as I do think it's really very cool. I know that is a big task but it's something to keep me busy on these long winter nights.
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The "stinger" condenser gives it away immediately without needing to see the cloverleaf logo.
It is a Kaywoodie pipe. Can't help you with age or whether that is an original painted surface.
http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/logo-kaywoodie.html
http://pipedia.org/index.php?title=Kaywoodie
It is a Kaywoodie pipe. Can't help you with age or whether that is an original painted surface.
http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/logo-kaywoodie.html
http://pipedia.org/index.php?title=Kaywoodie
The vertical crack looks pretty bad... the other crack visible looks like the cake is breaking away from the wall of the pipe.
I suppose you could remove the cake completely, and then sand the bowl down to bare wood and try to use some wood putty or something better suited. (suggestions from the membership would be helpful on the putty thing.) and repaint it. It could be a decent pipe.
I would say it's on the critical list but, it just might survive with some intensive and loving care.
I suppose you could remove the cake completely, and then sand the bowl down to bare wood and try to use some wood putty or something better suited. (suggestions from the membership would be helpful on the putty thing.) and repaint it. It could be a decent pipe.
I would say it's on the critical list but, it just might survive with some intensive and loving care.
Kaywoodie. A Kaywoodie white briar, which tend to be pretty nice pipes, from what I've heard. Wow, it's a yacht (aka zulu), which, so far as I can tell, they stopped producing in the late 30s, replacing it with a less curvy shape, Colt.
That huge crack in the bowl...it's just...sad. I'm sure Norwood could patch it up fairly well, though. From what I hear he is pretty much a genius at pipe repair.
Norwood's Pipe Repair
If you don't want to go to the trouble of getting it repaired (or doing it yourself), I'd buy the pipe off of you. I collect the hell out of Kaywoodies.
I should just say this: I'm quite biased in favor of saving Kaywoodies. If you think you can bring it back, do it! If you don't, well, look back just a little ways, my friend.
That huge crack in the bowl...it's just...sad. I'm sure Norwood could patch it up fairly well, though. From what I hear he is pretty much a genius at pipe repair.
Norwood's Pipe Repair
If you don't want to go to the trouble of getting it repaired (or doing it yourself), I'd buy the pipe off of you. I collect the hell out of Kaywoodies.
I should just say this: I'm quite biased in favor of saving Kaywoodies. If you think you can bring it back, do it! If you don't, well, look back just a little ways, my friend.
As a pipe restorer I'd like to say that ''most' pipes are salvageable.
Even with a crack in the bowl the pipe is still smokable (to a point).
To me though, it is the finish.
If you are happy with the finish being the way it is then 'Go For It'.
Any pipe is only as valuable as the price put on it by the owner. In other words, if you think it's worth $1M, then that is what it is worth to you.
Even the tatiest pipes can still be brought back to life. Only you will know when it is time to send it to Valhalla
Even with a crack in the bowl the pipe is still smokable (to a point).
To me though, it is the finish.
If you are happy with the finish being the way it is then 'Go For It'.
Any pipe is only as valuable as the price put on it by the owner. In other words, if you think it's worth $1M, then that is what it is worth to you.
Even the tatiest pipes can still be brought back to life. Only you will know when it is time to send it to Valhalla
That crack is pretty bad. I'd try to fill it with a wood filler of some sort and put a meerschaum liner inside.
Give it a shot. Kaywoodie white briars are far from my favorite pipes but I hate to see an old soldier given up on.
If it was mine I would restore the bowl and the rim and celebrate it's age leaving the exterior untouched.
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