Lovely. What is the shape number, if you don't mind me asking? It looks like a yacht.
Show Off Your Kaywoodie Pipes
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Here's some of mine, if anyone wants to see.
Kaywoodie Standard 05, 4 hole stinger
Kaywoodie Standard 22 billiard
Kaywoodie Relief Grain H6 Hi Bowl cutty. Finally started smoking great after reaming the cake down, I hated how it smoked but I guess tar was gunked up in there. The draw was really restricted. There's 1 other NOS apple kaywoodie I got that is like that, though. However I was shocked that the draw was much improved with a few twists with the ream kit.
Kaywoodie Standard (no shape number) bought unsmoked
Kaywoodie Standard 05, 4 hole stinger
Kaywoodie Standard 22 billiard
Kaywoodie Relief Grain H6 Hi Bowl cutty. Finally started smoking great after reaming the cake down, I hated how it smoked but I guess tar was gunked up in there. The draw was really restricted. There's 1 other NOS apple kaywoodie I got that is like that, though. However I was shocked that the draw was much improved with a few twists with the ream kit.
Kaywoodie Standard (no shape number) bought unsmoked
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Two recent pickups: 1930s 5122 push stem Super Grain and a 07 Silhouette. The Super Grain is my first 30s Kaywoodie and I'm excited to receive it.
Happy Friday All,
Here is an English made Kaywoodie Relief Grain Prince of Wales 96 I restored the other day. Unfortunately, a previous steward altered the stinger but the outsides are still beautiful. If you would like to have a link to the full restoration blog, PM me. I am not allowed to post links to the blog.
Have a good one
Here is an English made Kaywoodie Relief Grain Prince of Wales 96 I restored the other day. Unfortunately, a previous steward altered the stinger but the outsides are still beautiful. If you would like to have a link to the full restoration blog, PM me. I am not allowed to post links to the blog.
Have a good one
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Happy swiftly day
ya I’m near Vancouver Bought this pipe stand came with the chessman with 3hole
I think it’s about 1970
A kaywoodie I got that I have yet to clean up. I assume this is a newer kaywoodie but I’m totally confused by the stamp. I’m not sure if this is normal but it looks like it got stamped twice. The indented number reads 189 which I believe is only a shape number for a bulldog, according to this list. The other number isn’t even a shape number. I don’t know if this is a 70s pipe with a factory mistake or an even newer kaywoodie where whatever these numbers mean nothing.
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It looks older than 70s for sure, I'd guess 60s. Nathan Davis may know more about the stampings than I do, but it does not look recent to me. I have some that look to be from the same era.
I love old American pipes. I especially like Kaywoodies and Linkman Grabows. Towards the end of my collecting, I really fell for Marxman pipes, too. I like them all, mind you. Weber, Custom-Bilt, Tom Howard, LHS, and most of the rest.
Here are my Kaywoodies:
And a few I keep apart:
A meer
A calabash
And a 150 year anniversary pipe from 2001
Here are my Kaywoodies:
And a few I keep apart:
A meer
A calabash
And a 150 year anniversary pipe from 2001
Wow, nice pipes. I'm currently looking for an LHS and Marxman copy of a Custombilt. Good to hear they are quality. Any good ones to look for ?
I only have one LHS, there was a guy on here with the handle danielplainview who knew a LOT about them. He hasn't been on in a while though.
I only go after Custom-Bilt pipes made by Tracy Mincer. I think Custombilts were made later.
I have a couple of Marxman pipes with that type of scoring. They are pretty fun. You want to aim for a 400, if you can find one.
I like some of the figurals, myself.
Here is my 400 and my favorite carved Marxman. If i was still buying pipes id look for more. Marxman pipes are great.
I only go after Custom-Bilt pipes made by Tracy Mincer. I think Custombilts were made later.
I have a couple of Marxman pipes with that type of scoring. They are pretty fun. You want to aim for a 400, if you can find one.
I like some of the figurals, myself.
Here is my 400 and my favorite carved Marxman. If i was still buying pipes id look for more. Marxman pipes are great.
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Yeah, a lot of the Custombilt I see are later, mostly Wally Frank and while I have 2 Wally Frank pipes, I wouldn't wanna pay Mincer era prices for Wally Frank Made pipes. I know the lack of a dash means it isn't from the Mincer era as far as I know.
I'll put the 400 on the want list. It was just the other day someone recommended Marxman when I said I was going to get a Yello Bole or Kaywoodie Handmade Custom-Bilt copy. I just don't know much about Marxman and a lot of the shapes aren't what I'm exactly looking for. Thanks.
Yeah, the Marxman pipes are an acquired taste. I definitely didn't start hunting one right out the gate. There was a series of ebay auctions from the estate of director George Sidney and that is where I got my 400. It came with that tamper, which helped. lol
I am excited. This is my first Custombilt style chunky pipe, and this shape is in demand by collectors and they pay usually more than I can. I did some deep searching and found this Hand Made Super Grain hiding in a pipe rack - pipe lot, and convinced them to let it go for a fair price (which was peanuts, really)
I like the Hand Made line. Late 40s early 50s.
I've restored several. PM for a link to the restorations since I cannot post the link here.
Hand Made Super Grain Meer lined. This came in the mail today, and I was shocked to find it was a meer lined. No damage to the lining, just some surface scratches at the bottom, which is notorious I hear for being broken. Posted it on Last Bowl Smoked, but here for posterity.
