Show Off Your WDC Pipes

[towhee89]

There’s a slight musty ghost of ancient bright Virginias gone sour in my new Milano Extra.

Nothing Five Brothers won’t cure, and quickly.

It has an oval shank.

And talk about made by elves and sprinkled with fairy dust.

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5 Bros is what I use from the ancient ghosts of pipers past.

 

[towhee89]

Here’s a Milano Extra I bought on eBay for $30 delivered.

Ain’t she purty?

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WDC made jillions of Wellingtons, but also other fine quality pipes.

Let’s see yours.

Briar Lee, the stampings look a little different than the ones I was looking at. Is this an early one? Could you take a pic of them for me? Love that pipe.

 

[xrundog]

I have a good number of older WDC pipes. Here’s a few.
My Wellington is marked French Briar and has a tall rounded nickel cap. Probably pre 1920.



A WDC French Briar Bakelite bulldog with the Lockmount tenon. Probably late 19teens.



And a WDC meerschaum bulldog. Judging by the band embellishments possibly 1890s. The stem is a modern Bakelite replacement for a really crummy rubber replacement. It likely had an original amber stem.