Show Us Your Comoy's (Collectors Thread)

[OzPiper]

A Selected Straight Grain tall billiard and a Special Straight Grain bulldog
No "C" logo on stems with the Straight Grains. Pre-Cadogan era
I'm not clear on the distinction between "Selected vs Special"

 

[ChuckMijo]

I'm not clear on the distinction between "Selected vs Special"

Special straight grain were top of the line. Just below Specimen. They were not for sale at the shops, they had to be special ordered. Selected was mid range.

 

[ChuckMijo]

Here is mine.

 

[ChuckMijo]

Here is my favorite it’s the crown jewel in my old Britt wood collection. It’s a Henri Comoy it dates 1904-1912.

 

[ChuckMijo]

50s era

 

[OzPiper]

@ChuckMijo - Thanks for the information re: grading of the Straight Grains.

I have to admit that I'm somewhat perplexed at the gradings. In my opinion, my Selected Straight Grain shows superior grain to my Special Grain. Perhaps it has some fills that I'm not aware of, and that is why it received a lower grading.

I also have a Blue Riband which I think exhibits inferior grain to those 2 pipes. I suppose grading is subjective, and dependant on the grader's whim, and whether he returned to the job after a long liquid lunch. ?

 

[ChuckMijo]

I have to admit that I'm somewhat perplexed at the gradings.

Me too. I don’t put credence in their grading. My Special is nicer then my Specimen. I have a few blue ribbons that are subpar and a Old Bruyere that blows them all the away.

 

[ashdigger]

Here is a 1904 Henry Comoy Hallmarked Calabash

 

[ashdigger]

1921 Henry Comoy Hallmarked Cased Set, Unsmoked, Wagner’s

 

[ashdigger]

Comoy Selected Straight Grain, Cased, Made in England

 

[OzPiper]

It's time to resurrect this thread. I can't believe it has not been added to for this long.

A 1925 cased Cecil by Comoy straight Bulldog with tapered stem

 

[OzPiper]

And the rest of my Comoy Bulldogs (3-part "C")

From the top:-
Tradition with tapered stem
Special Straight Grain - no bead lines and no "C" on stem
Squat Sandblast Shape 331 with tapered stem
Blue Riband with saddle stem

 

[ashdigger]

I probably need to add to this too 1920’s Old Bruyere

 

[ashdigger]

Comoy’s Hallmarked Austrian Meer with Amber Stem from 1906

 

[ashdigger]

1908 Comoy Cecil

 

[paulfg]

Comoy Selected Straight Grain, Cased, Made in England

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thats absolutely beautiful

 

[ssjones]

Some new additions.
#4 Sandablast
#409 Tradition

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I posted this in a WAYS thread awhile back, but some of you may have missed it. It's a Comoy's Olympic Freehand, circa 1948 (probably made to commemorate the London Olympics that year).

 

[didimauw]

Some new additions.
#4 Sandablast
#409 Tradition

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The bulldogs are hit or miss for me. But that blasted one is beautiful. Keeper?

 

[ssjones]

Very cool, I wonder who carved that? I'd not yet seen an Olympic Comoy's

I posted this in a WAYS thread awhile back, but some of you may have missed it. It's a Comoy's Olympic Freehand, circa 1948 (probably made to commemorate the London Olympics that year).

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