New to me GBD

[Ben.R.C]

 

[kcghost]

This is a new pipe??

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Prehistoric? Looks like a collector shape. I have the exact same pipe in Collector Virgin. I love mine. That one looks like it'll clean up nicly.

 

[B.Lew]

…blame it on the PCP don’t blame it on James Brown, set him free!

 

[Ben.R.C]

This is a new pipe??

New to me old pipe

 

[Ben.R.C]

Prehistoric? Looks like a collector shape. I have the exact same pipe in Collector Virgin. I love mine. That one looks like it'll clean up nicly.

How would you clean it? It looks clean to me but what do I know?

 

[Ben.R.C]

Prehistoric? Looks like a collector shape. I have the exact same pipe in Collector Virgin. I love mine. That one looks like it'll clean up nicly.

I saw that it was a GBD with the brass oval and jumped on it because I knew they were known to be good pipes.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Prehistoric? Looks like a collector shape. I have the exact same pipe in Collector Virgin. I love mine. That one looks like it'll clean up nicly.

This is the details on it

Condition: VG + - some rim darkening. Stem is pristine. Rare to see a pipe from back then that come together so well. A Panel bowl, a partially curved shank and stem, sitter and smooth and carved on the bowl.

Stampings: GBD COLLECTOR (script) LONDON ENGLAND MINARET, 1687

Note: This pipe is from the great days GBD, 1950-1970's.

 

[anotherbob]

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Love the mouse pad. Nice pipe too.

 

[anotherbob]

…blame it on the PCP don’t blame it on James Brown, set him free!

Hot Pants. (honestly that was a slang term for PCP during his day). That's one of the drugs that doesn't even sound fun like a lot of them sound really dangerous and bad but also sound like I can see why someone would like that. Not that one.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

This is the details on it

Condition: VG + - some rim darkening. Stem is pristine. Rare to see a pipe from back then that come together so well. A Panel bowl, a partially curved shank and stem, sitter and smooth and carved on the bowl.

Stampings: GBD COLLECTOR (script) LONDON ENGLAND MINARET, 1687

Note: This pipe is from the great days GBD, 1950-1970's.

Yep, its a Collector. Minaret is the finish, partially carved/blasted. I treat every estate pipe the same regardless of how clean it may appear. I'd clean out the stem/shank with alcohol and pipe cleaners, ream if needed. Do a salt & alcohol treatment, polish the stem and pipe. It looks like the stem has some slight oxidation, normal for a GBD of that age. Luckily the vulcanite that GBD used in that era cleans up and polishes very easily. Sellers description is pretty accurate on the age. I'll post some pictures of mine later this evening.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Yep, its a Collector. Minaret is the finish, partially carved/blasted. I treat every estate pipe the same regardless of how clean it may appear. I'd clean out the stem/shank with alcohol and pipe cleaners, ream if needed. Do a salt & alcohol treatment, polish the stem and pipe. It looks like the stem has some slight oxidation, normal for a GBD of that age. Luckily the vulcanite that GBD used in that era cleans up and polishes very easily. Sellers description is pretty accurate on the age. I'll post some pictures of mine later this evening.

Thanks for the info! I had to smoke it immediately, smokes great, I can tell It’s going to become one of my gotos, especially while working, decent bowl size and thickness smokes cool, and a sitter

 

[Ben.R.C]

Thanks for the info! I had to smoke it immediately, smokes great, I can tell It’s going to become one of my gotos, especially while working, decent bowl size and thickness smokes cool, and a sitter

Look forward to the pictures, learning more about these older British pipes is one of my interests.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Hot Pants. (honestly that was a slang term for PCP during his day). That's one of the drugs that doesn't even sound fun like a lot of them sound really dangerous and bad but also sound like I can see why someone would like that. Not that one.

I’m a huge JB fan honestly, godfather of funk

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Here’s mine.

 

[Sir Yak]

Here’s mine.View attachment 192691View attachment 192692View attachment 192693

That’s nice!

 

[Ben.R.C]

Here’s mine.View attachment 192691View attachment 192692View attachment 192693

Beautiful, I would love to get a smooth like this!

 

[anotherbob]

I’m a huge JB fan honestly, godfather of funk

how could you not be? And his band is made of so many greats too.

 

[Ben.R.C]

how could you not be? And his band is made of so many greats too.

Yep, famous flames and the next band with bootsy, both great

 

[ssjones]

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You can't beat GBD Virgin briar! (and often their stems had the "Hand Cut" stamp)