Require Help Identifying A Pipe

[cragdhack]

Hello everyone,

A friend from the USA has sent me a Christmas card and along with it, safely packaged, a tobacco pipe!

He's not a smoker and we haven't discussed the pipe yet, but I'd like to know some more about it, if possible.

The surface where there'd be a name seems blank. It looks barely smoked, though the stem had quite a bit of chatter, so it was probably an estate pipe with a new stem. The design looks familiar to me, might have seen it on the left-side banner on this forum, but I can't find it again.

Thanks in advance for helping.

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[RustiePyles CPG]

Without a COM stamp it's near impossible to say, but the shape, stem & button look like a Sparta (Dr G) made basket pipe. Does it have an aluminum tenon?

 

[cragdhack]

Without a COM stamp it's near impossible to say, but the shape, stem & button look like a Sparta (Dr G) made basket pipe. Does it have an aluminum tenon?

Nope, all plastic

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Here you go.

The Pipes of Sparta: Dr. Grabow | Our State

While many North Carolina communities were manufacturing textiles or farming tobacco, this town became famous for its finely crafted pipes.

www.ourstate.com

 

[cragdhack]

Here you go.

The Pipes of Sparta: Dr. Grabow | Our State

While many North Carolina communities were manufacturing textiles or farming tobacco, this town became famous for its finely crafted pipes.

www.ourstate.com

Thanks!

Currently that link's giving me a 403 error, will figure that out after work.

As a note: It seems to smoke pretty well. No hotspots or any weirdness that I can detect, so am unsure why it got basketted, it's an absolute beaut!

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Thanks!

Currently that link's giving me a 403 error, will figure that out after work.

As a note: It seems to smoke pretty well. No hotspots or any weirdness that I can detect, so am unsure why it got basketted, it's an absolute beaut!

Sparta doesn't really grade pipes, they just fill orders. They make unstamped "basket" pipes for wholesale to tobacconists, many of whom will put there own stamp on the pipe and sell it as a house brand pipe. It's not an indication of quality control. If Sparta has an order for 500 unstamped rusticated pipes, thats what gets made that day regardless of quality of briar. Dr G & other Sparta made pipes are generally great smokers, not the prettiest or most costly but solid reliable pipes none the less. I have quite a few Dr G's and every one of em smokes cool and dry.

 

[cragdhack]

Sparta doesn't really grade pipes, they just fill orders. They make unstamped "basket" pipes for wholesale to tobacconists, many of whom will put there own stamp on the pipe and sell it as a house brand pipe. It's not an indication of quality control. If Sparta has an order for 500 unstamped rusticated pipes, thats what gets made that day regardless of quality of briar. Dr G & other Sparta made pipes are generally great smokers, not the prettiest or most costly but solid reliable pipes none the less. I have quite a few Dr G's and every one of em smokes cool and dry.

Thank you for the insight!

 

[ADKPiper]

Maybe this?

Royal Danish stanwell 937 Made in Denmark Sandblasted - Etsy

This Pipes item by PipeClubEstates has 13 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Bat Cave, NC. Listed on Nov 30, 2022

www.etsy.com

 

[Deano]

Looks a lot like my no name Denmark.

 

[cragdhack]

Maybe this?

Design idea why, is close!

Looks a lot like my no name Denmark.

Same as above, same design idea.

Thanks for the tips!