Old American Pipe Makers such as Kaywoodie, Dr. Grabow, and Willard illicit memories of fathers and grandfathers with pipe in hand and rooms full of Prince Albert, Sail, Half and Half...
A long time ago, my father gave me his old Willard. He said it was a good smoker. Fully caked - I mean really caked; I wasn't sure how he got tobacco in it. I kept it on the rack for years, really as a memory but more so a a pipe to take up space on a somewhat empty rack. He got it at Grandpa Pigeon's, a department and general hardware store in Bridgeton, Missouri off of St. Charles Rock Rd, just northwest of 70 and east of 270. The store was a tribute to every department store that ever came to mind when one thought a hardware store. If you lived back then, you understand exactly what I am referring too.
Anyway, he got that pipe back when for a can of Prince Albert, something that costs $1.99, you also got two Dr, Grabow pipes. I am never sure if the Willard came that way or if he picked it off the rack separately. This was where and how my dad got his pipes: Free, with a purchase of tobacco.
His Willard has fills and of course, a stinger. His is the full bend shown below. The other, a Dublin, is an estate I purchased to deconstruct how the stinger was suppose to work. Somewhere along the way, The stinger tip off his pipe disappeared and I couldn't recall what it looked like or how if was fitted to the base of the stem. A few weeks ago, I was digging around in the mortise and low and behold, I found it. I could get a pipe cleaner passed it but for some reason, it had found a way to hide near the entrance to the chamber.
Both Willard's are excellent smoking pipes. Do you have a Willard? How does it smoke?
A long time ago, my father gave me his old Willard. He said it was a good smoker. Fully caked - I mean really caked; I wasn't sure how he got tobacco in it. I kept it on the rack for years, really as a memory but more so a a pipe to take up space on a somewhat empty rack. He got it at Grandpa Pigeon's, a department and general hardware store in Bridgeton, Missouri off of St. Charles Rock Rd, just northwest of 70 and east of 270. The store was a tribute to every department store that ever came to mind when one thought a hardware store. If you lived back then, you understand exactly what I am referring too.
Anyway, he got that pipe back when for a can of Prince Albert, something that costs $1.99, you also got two Dr, Grabow pipes. I am never sure if the Willard came that way or if he picked it off the rack separately. This was where and how my dad got his pipes: Free, with a purchase of tobacco.
His Willard has fills and of course, a stinger. His is the full bend shown below. The other, a Dublin, is an estate I purchased to deconstruct how the stinger was suppose to work. Somewhere along the way, The stinger tip off his pipe disappeared and I couldn't recall what it looked like or how if was fitted to the base of the stem. A few weeks ago, I was digging around in the mortise and low and behold, I found it. I could get a pipe cleaner passed it but for some reason, it had found a way to hide near the entrance to the chamber.
Both Willard's are excellent smoking pipes. Do you have a Willard? How does it smoke?
