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Well, I’ve got a closet full of American pipes but this one is going into my rotation. It’s quite small and the perfect pocket pipe for me. A Kaywoodie 94B Flame grain. I sanded it back a bit, threw on some saddle tan stain and polished up the stem. Not a tough resto but loving the pipe now. Walking to the park here in Santa Barbara, Ca in this lovely alley lol and having some Best Brown #2 in it with this pic.
hope wife doesn’t see I blocked her out with a pipe. Though she wouldn’t be shocked. ?
hope wife doesn’t see I blocked her out with a pipe. Though she wouldn’t be shocked. ?
Just a little Kaywoodie Super Grain.
Barclay-Rex Pot from Steve at Reborn Pipes. Just initiated it last night - 70 or so years old, who knows, and it's great!
My favorite customer shot yet of one of mine.
I have a few hundred American pipes but here are a couple I just finished restoring. No artisan Americans so far for me. Except me one day. Lol. 
a rare 1930’s Grabow Nose Warmer… got 2 of these and just finished the second one. Love it! Also a Kaywoodie Churchwarden. Unsure the age but likely pre 1960’s. So hard to date of course and lots of educated guesses on some. Rest I just added more grabow, Kaywoodie and a Yello Bole. have other brands but so hard to pick.
love em all.
a rare 1930’s Grabow Nose Warmer… got 2 of these and just finished the second one. Love it! Also a Kaywoodie Churchwarden. Unsure the age but likely pre 1960’s. So hard to date of course and lots of educated guesses on some. Rest I just added more grabow, Kaywoodie and a Yello Bole. have other brands but so hard to pick.
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Sorry to keep an older thread open, but sharing my pipes by American carvers. Using my iPhone X reveals the lack of my photography chops.
Top 4 pipes: J Alan
Next 3 pipes: Ryan Alden
Next 2 pipes: Jack Howell
Bottom pipe: Clark Layton
Top 4 pipes: J Alan
Next 3 pipes: Ryan Alden
Next 2 pipes: Jack Howell
Bottom pipe: Clark Layton
Here are my Gabrieli's made by Dan Chlebove, forum member blsmk on here.
I have one more, but I just can't find a pic at the moment.
This is my Rowley, which is also the pipe in my avatar...
I have one more, but I just can't find a pic at the moment.
This is my Rowley, which is also the pipe in my avatar...
This is my Zack Hamric. I love the distorted proportions on the bulldog concept.
My Skip Elliot... it has a story...
Oh yeh, here is the third Gabrieli...
Skip lives down the road from me. He is the owner of The briary and we have become friends over the years. He doesn't make as many pipes as he used to, and he is finicky as hell about his pipes... I think all artisan/craftsmen are. He doesn't take commissions, and his pipes sell faster than he can get them posted, so I knew I probably would never get one of his pipes.
Well, we were kicking around in his studio, while he was working, and he was examining this stummel for a dublin. I was standing behind him eyeing over his shoulder. He got frustrated and chunked it in the waste bin, seemingly for no reason. So. I pocketed his trashed stummel. I took it home and pulled out some of my rod stock and turned a stem. I filed it just like I had seem him do. Stained it, and the next time I was over, I showed it to him. He looked it over carefully.... He was impressed... and if anyone knows Skip, that is a rare thing to see. So, he stamped it. I was happy to have a Skip Elliot pipe.
Now, when he sees me with it, he grills me about when I am going to pay for that pipe, ha ha. I put the band on it. It has a silver band, with a set ruby and a small little hand formed tobacco leaf.
Eh, it's probably not a fascinating story, but a story nonetheless. I love the pipe, and it smokes really well.
This thread is a museum of American pipe craft. I'm glad i didn't see this thread a few years ago or I'd be too shy to post. Too late now. What an array. 'Love those factory pipes too, as you may know.
I love it - thanks for that! & wow, I'm really impressed that you did the stem. You earned that one, whatever he might joke!
That Rad poker with the cumberland stem is really beautiful. This from a guy who prefers sandblasts.
Whatever happened to Zach. He bought a dunhill bulldog pipe from me and then made one … he was a moderator at some point … when I bought a yacht I think he was my finance guy