Show us your Ferndowns

[Ben.R.C]

Question: If Ferndown is the name of Les Wood’s mansion, I assume this means he is very well off and made pipes for the love of it, not to feed his family?

 

[MCJ]

Here is my other Ferndown (after the REO Apple I already posted photo of earlier above). This one is an unsmoked bent billiard in Vintage finish with Cumberland stem. The Vintage finish (smooth dark chestnut) is a darker version of Les' Tudor Root finish, and was the predecessor of the REO finish (smooth reddish/brown). Vintage finishes are not often found, and the other thing I love about this one is that the size is perfect for my hand. This one will be THE Ferndown in my pipe collection and I definitely plan to smoke it alot once I decide what blend of tobacco I want to dedicate it to...

 

[trudger]

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Nice! This looks very close to mine. I think yours is an bent egg, mine is a bent billiard?

Never thought of it that way but the line from bowl to shank at the top makes it look that way. It also looks dirty in the picture :-(.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Never thought of it that way but the line from bowl to shank at the top makes it look that way. It also looks dirty in the picture :-(.

I love the bent egg shape!

 

[Ben.R.C]

Beautiful pipes. At least ones here, looks as good as Peterson. Most Dunhill look rather delicate to me.

My old dunhills are quite sturdy, elegant looking, and consistently great smokers. Stems are super comfortable. I’ve never owned a new Dunhill though I’d like to for comparison.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Here is my other Ferndown (after the REO Apple I already posted photo of earlier above). This one is an unsmoked bent billiard in Vintage finish with Cumberland stem. The Vintage finish (smooth dark chestnut) is a darker version of Les' Tudor Root finish, and was the predecessor of the REO finish (smooth reddish/brown). Vintage finishes are not often found, and the other thing I love about this one is that the size is perfect for my hand. This one will be THE Ferndown in my pipe collection and I definitely plan to smoke it alot once I decide what blend of tobacco I want to dedicate it to...

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You can see why they didn’t put a metal band on this one, I love the finish and the stem.

 

[Honkytonk Man]

*** Ferndown 8 panel Dublin.

 

[MCJ]

Veermaster with added Perique and Kentucky in a 40s Barling Bulldog
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Think you meant to post this in the WAYS thread...

 

[Ben.R.C]

Think you meant to post this in the WAYS thread...

Yea, senior moment

 

[Honkytonk Man]

My old dunhills are quite sturdy, elegant looking, and consistently great smokers. Stems are super comfortable. I’ve never owned a new Dunhill though I’d like to for comparison.

I find the newer Dunhill's to be more solid/robust, compared to some of my older ones. I don't think they're as well made as the older ones, either. Personally prefer the older ones.

 

[MCJ]

I find the newer Dunhill's to be more solid/robust, compared to some of my older ones. I don't think they're as well made as the older ones, either. Personally prefer the older ones.

I just love the older Dunhills, especially the pre-1950 Patent Shells -- the craggy finish on those is great and the bowl sizes on those earlier pipes are (for me personally) perfect. Light in the hand and sweet smoking...

 

[Honkytonk Man]

I just love the older Dunhills, especially the pre-1950 Patent Shells -- the craggy finish on those is great and the bowl sizes on those earlier pipes are (for me personally) perfect. Light in the hand and sweet smoking...

Completely agree.
Two of my favorites are a 1948 shape 59, F/T sand-blast, Gr 4, double patent, and a 1930-40's, the date is unknown (I'll post a picture later, see if anyone can determine the age) LBS F/T sand-blast. Both blasts are really deep & craggy and so light in hand.

 

[Honkytonk Man]

Question: If Ferndown is the name of Les Wood’s mansion, I assume this means he is very well off and made pipes for the love of it, not to feed his family?

Ha! Yeah, I'd thought the same too.

 

[Honkytonk Man]

https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/NUYAAOSw5MFkC4Jf/s-l300.webp

Todd has this for auction on his Deadmanspipes page.

 

[JimInks]

Cumberland stem. Was hard to get a better photo.

14 carat gold band.

 

[Ben.R.C]

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Cumberland stem. Was hard to get a better photo.
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14 carat gold band.

Both are Beauts!

 

[Raisedbands]

Trying to figure the approximate date of my Ferndown. Anyone know what year Mr. Wood and co. changed over from the old LJS logo font on the stem to the later LJ&S? (Hope this isn’t a repeat question from this thread, somewhere in the past.) Thanks for any input here.

 

[mso489]

Luckily, my Ferndown is a pleasantly medium sized pipe, and light weight for its size, and fully bent so easy on the jaw. I didn't know his pipes tended toward larger or XL.

 

[kcghost]

Those are some very nice pipes!!

 

[Ben.R.C]

Trying to figure the approximate date of my Ferndown. Anyone know what year Mr. Wood and co. changed over from the old LJS logo font on the stem to the later LJ&S? (Hope this isn’t a repeat question from this thread, somewhere in the past.) Thanks for any input here.

Did you check pipedia?