Show Off Your BBB Pipes Here

[saltedplug]

Fabulous to see! Thanks.

 

[davidintexas]

Wonderful pipes all. Damn I'm so jealous. I have one BBB probably from the 50s or 60s. Just plain ole billiard but it smokes great!

 

[buroak]

Londonmake, those are some real beauties, American-made rather than British, but beauties and worthy pipes in their own right.

 

[piffyr]

Another American-made BBB: 1915-192(?) BBB Umbria...

I'm currently waiting on the arrival of an 1889 Louis Blumfeld meerschaum pipe as well. It should be somewhere over the Atlantic now.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Great Looking pipes, I wonder if BBB pipes are any more made in England?

 

[danielplainview]

My only non-silverband BBB. This one holds a special place in my collection. It was re-stemmed by Ed James. I still miss you brother.

 

[danielplainview]

@Piffyr
That stem/shank connection couldn’t be more perfect. I don’t imagine it left the factory that nice. :clap:

 

[theloniousmonkfish]

They're all nice but, Dave, that tortoise shell restem by Ed looks perfect on that pipe.

 

[seacaptain]

That's a classy looking pipe.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Dave g:thats a beautiful one canadian, how about the chamber size?Close to Medium I suppose,,

 

[londonmake]

[/quote]Londonmake, those are some real beauties, American-made rather than British, but beauties and worthy pipes in their own right.

This is actually new news to me that the colored diamond pipes are american made---i had previously thought they were earlier pieces before use of the metal initials BBB in a rhombus.

Is there any other documentation out there concerning this and if so, is there any info on what the different diamond colors meant? {Ivory, green, red with metal trim].

I was looking for some info on pipedia but found nothing specific.

Thanks!

 

[danielplainview]

1903 Own Make Army Series silver mount. Model 6601

 

[achtman]

Here's another new acquisition. It's very clunky to put in a support so you have to keep it in your mouth or hand. But it smokes well and tastes fine. And it is also in the 1911 catalog. If you don't know, these are called a Cavalier.
1900 Hallmark. The mouthpiece and bottom cover are horn with threads for bone screws projecting from the wood cylinder. The major problem in cleaning it after smoking is that some droplets accumulate in the bottom cover.

Mark

 

[danielplainview]

Nice one, Mark. Very vice. :clap:

 

[seldom]

My pipe pales in comparison to others in this thread but I really like it. It came to me accidentally and cheaply from a Germany ebay bid. Upon arrival I've identified the hallmarks as being from 1899. The pipe looked sort of dead and sad when I got it and is still in need of restoration, but a bit of smoking and handling seems to have brought it back to life. I think this pipe hadn't been smoked in a long time and the seller doesn't know where it came from or anything else.

In 1899 Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch were robbing trains in the American west. The English and Boers were fighting the Boer war in South Africa. McKinley was president of the United States and Teddy Roosevelt was the new governor of New York. The Philippine-American War was being fought.

Without further ado: 1899 Own Make

 

[danielplainview]

@seldom. That’s an amazing survivor. Any updates for this old beaut?

 

[danielplainview]

1914 Own Make

 

[danielplainview]

1970 Spigot DeLuxe

 

[pitchfork]

Been a while since I checked out this thread. Dave, those are great pipes! Aren't many post-1920s hallmarked BBB's out there, and that's ^^^ a great one.
I added another BBB to the collection a few months back. This one has an amber "Glokar" stem. The Glokar was BBB's version of the P-lip, except instead of a round hole, it has a little, rectangular slot. Glokar stems aren't common, but I wouldn't call them rare, either. However, I've only ever seen one or two other Glokar stems in amber. And this one has only been smoked once or twice, if that.

 

[scloyd]

Great pipes everyone. I don't own a BBB pipe but this thread makes me want one...bad.