Show Off Your GBD Pipes (and 2nds)

[danielplainview]

Nice work Al. It looks unsmoked from that angle.
@snag
That 614 is a heartbreaker. Nice!

 

[uperepik]

All the hallmarks I ever see are beat to death.

 

[ssjones]

Wow, that is stunning snag! Those hallmarks are super crisp.

 

[uperepik]

GBD New Standard Canadian 1451

 

[agnosticpipe]

After posting my recent acquisition of a GBD Prehistoric, I saw this thread and decided to get out my other GBD pipes for a group shot. So here's what I have at this time.
From the top:

GBD Prehistoric, London

GBD Speciale, France

GBD International, London

GBD Orly, France

 

[danielplainview]

@orely
That canted bulldog is sweeet!
Great looking edition Shawn.

 

[ssjones]

I added another 9242, a New Standard.

This is a duplicate in my collection,so it will eventually be resold.

https://rebornpipes.com/2017/10/19/gbd-9242-restoration/

 

[danielplainview]

That’s a stunner Al. Nice work.
Is your other 9242 long like this one or the short fatty version. Btw, what’s the story on those two different shapes having the same shape number?

 

[ssjones]

It's identical in size/ shape. My 9242P, is a bit more compact.

 

[ssjones]

A recent addition, a 1950 GBD 9242

 

[seacaptain]

Those Rhodesians and Bulldogs are nice. I particularly like this one.

 

[ssjones]

That Jamesons gets picked more often than not over all of my other 9438's. I'd like to think Horry himself made it, but that's unlikely.

 

[danielplainview]

 

[ssjones]

Gorgeous Dave - looks new! There's not a better representation of the bulldog shape than the 549, classic.

 

[ak2000]

Some great pipes in this thread for sure though it's a shame so many pics are gone.
I'm a bit of a GBD collector and was lucky today to score what looks to be a really nice 9438 from @ssjones.
Here are a few from my collection:

 

[ssjones]

Welcome ask200P! Thats a great group. My 9438 Century will be joining the clan shortly.
I updated the first post, to my current collection, didnt look good on the first post (dead links, etc.)

 

[ak2000]

Scored what appears to be a really nice Prehistoric 549 on eBay

 

[ak2000]

2 new to me GBD 549s just back from Walker Pipe Repair. Top is a Prehistoric and the other is an Ebony. Very happy with his work and turnaround. They are the same size, just a weird camera angle apparently.

 

[voorhees]

Left to right.

269 Bulldog stem rondel but no GBD stamp on shank.
Conquest Virgin 1648 replacement stem and band
Virgin 1451 replacement Perspex stem
Sovereign 9465 original chair leg stem

 

[kschatey]

My first pipe was a Missouri Meerschaum Lengend 5th Avenue Bent Bit Corn Cob Pipe. The second pipe is an estate Bjarne that I use for aromatics. My third is a beautiful Savinelli: New Art Brown (144 KS) (9mm) that has become my field pipe. It's only been a short time since I entered this hobby, but I wanted a pipe for English tobacco and originally thought I wanted a Poker-style pipe, but ended up discovering and immediately buying this French estate GBD Grotesque Panel (138H). I love the shape and carving of the bowl and the style of the bit. It's a longer pipe than my others and it definitely smokes differently as a result. I really like the pipe quite a bit; it feels great in the hand, too.

Stampings: GBD (in oval) | GROTESQUE | 138H | FRANCE

There isn't very much information about GBD online that I could find and there is even less information available about their Grotesque series. I only found images of a couple other GBD Grotesque pipe and no written information. Also, the number of this pipe doesn't fit with the listing of GBD models that I found. Any additional information about this model/series/pipe would be good to know. Thanks!