Show Off Your Custom-Bilt or Custombilt Here

[buroak]

It is high time we had a showcase for Custom-Bilt pipes.
This is the flagship of my small collection of Custom-Bilt pipes. I hope it qualifies as a good inaugural pipe for this thread.

 

[buckaroo]

Oh, that's a rare one as I've only seen 2 with the reverse tenon filter thing. I owned 1 but it was simply massive and the stem was loose on the aluminum. I almost did not think that was a c-b at first because I've never seen that type of rustication on one before. Interesting. I'll try and get some of mine up later.

 

[snagstangl]

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Here is start, I need to take some better pictures. So how many do you want to see?

 

[buroak]

Yes, the carving on that C-B is unusual, and part of what makes it my favorite. You have got some nice C-Bs yourself. I particularly like the top and middle specimens - great shapes.
I would be happy to see whatever C-Bs you want to photograph.

 

[danielplainview]

 

[buroak]

Dave, you and snagstangl have me wanting to pick up a C-B in that shape. I have long admired them, but I have yet to find one at the right price.

 

[buckaroo]

I want snagstangl's Rhodesian at the top and that fat shanked lovet is really cool too. Here's a few.

 

[pitchfork]

Great pipes, guys. buroak, I've never seen that kind of rustication, either.

 

[buroak]

Buckaroo has added more temptation...
Pitchfork, If my specimen were a high dollar pipe rather than a C-B, I would question its authenticity. I do not know its age, but it has an inlaid red dot (perhaps a cap on a rod securing the metal cylinder in the shank) on one side of the shank and a stamped star on the other. I have another C-B of the same basic design (but not the same carving style), with the red dot and a crescent moon stamp.

 

[snagstangl]

I haven't seen that type of rustication but a red dot on either side and that filter style I can Guarantee it is a Custombilt.
top is an air-cool, second is a convertibole, third is a caroleer made from mountain laurel

 

[buckaroo]

Yeah, the cb's with the filter thing had the red dots. Here's a pic of the one I used to own. Btw, that Convertibole is great. Never owned one.

 

[buroak]

Gents, thanks for the confirmation.
That Convertibole is a neat piece. They look like something from the Flintstones, but I have always liked them.

 

[buckaroo]

Here's a sandblasted CB I was using today on my leisurely Sunday. Not too many of these around.

 

[buroak]

Dang! That is a very nice blast. Seeing one of those is a rare treat.

 

[snagstangl]

Dam You! I have never seen a sandblasted one, Ill add that to my list with a smooth custombilt.

 

[gtclark]

This is fueling my Custom-Bilt lust...I just haven't gotten the urge to get in an e-bay bidding war over one yet.

 

[buroak]

gtclark, Try searching Custombilt pipes. Those listings are sometimes for Custom-Bilt pipes, and they tend to draw far less attention (and money). Even if you find yourself buying a Custombilt pipe, you are probably getting one heck of a pipe. As buckaroo can likely attest, there is not a thing wrong with a Custombilt.

 

[snagstangl]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/111597939203?ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1435.l2649
And for just $200 this could have been yours.

 

[buckaroo]

Interesting. Not one of their better carvings too. The carvings always went for $75 to $110 back a few years ago, so they always sold at a premium. Thanks for posting.
c-b vs. Cb - This has come up on other forums and I was actually slightly on the side that my newer Cb's smoked a bit better and others did not seem to notice much of a difference. It's natural to gravitate to the older is better mindframe but.

 

[tbradsim1]

. Got a couple more, 2 are very old noted by the way Custombilt is spelled, can't remember how but remember 2 of them are old.