Never Judge a pipe by its appearance

[pufferfish]

So amongst my collection of old pipes that I was hoping to clean I was about to throw a small bulldog out. It did look sad, apart from the silver band and (after cleaning) the nice briar. After a further squint, I was pleased to see the hallmarks for 1929, Birmingham Louis Orlik. The pipe also has the name Ancos which I assume was the company he made the pipe for? It smokes very well indeed. Any else enjoy these pipes?

 

[mikethompson]

A nice smoking pipe from 90 years ago? We will need to see some pictures of this one, if only to drool over it!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Be careful with it. I smoked a pre 1920 KB&B with an orific amber stem and the shank cracked.

 

[jguss]

Ancos was an abbreviation for the Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_%26_Navy_Stores_(United_Kingdom)). Pipes were sold for generations under the Ancos brand, from the days of bakelite stems through at least the 1960s. Obviously Orlik made pipes for their stores; not sure offhand who else did.

 

[mso489]

Before and after photos on Forums have show dramatic transformations of what look like junkers into real showpieces.

 

[pufferfish]

Ok guys and thanks for your replies. I am working on a couple of pics and will upload very soon. Just recovering from the wind storm we have here, the tomato plant I was potting blew away... Wheres that pipe!

 

[pufferfish]

@jguss thanks for the info jguss. Nice to know.

 

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[pufferfish]

So here we are, folks, at last! Just discovered how to send a pic. This is the above mentioned 1929 Ancos

 

[pufferfish]

And one of the band

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Lovely! Enjoy the heck out of it :clap:

 

[papipeguy]

What a sweet little pipe! Very classic and very handsome. Enjoy many fine smokes with it.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Nice pix. Imgur is a good choice.

 

[pufferfish]

Thanks all. Yeah, took me ages to work out how to send the pics but at last, its happened. Yeah, it's a nice pipe and I think the condition is good considering the age. Happy smoking to you all. Off to bed now as I have a 6.30 start tomorrow. Long days.

 

[ssjones]

Incredible shape! But is that 1928, not 1929?

https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Dates/Birmingham.html

 

[newbroom]

Yes, a wonderful OLD classic! If that is the sad one of your clean ups, please share pics of the happy ones.